The Hawker Hurricane.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., (1962),
First Edition. tall octavo, green boards in pictorial dust jacket. 175pp. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Item #18956
The Hawker Hurricane played a major role in the Battle of Britain in 1940. The author traces the background of events that led to the conception of the Hurricane design and its early development and recounts the exploits of the planes and their wartime pilots. Chapters include a record of the individual aircraft built and a technical reference chapter with general arraangement drawings of the principal Hurricane variants. Illustrations include color and black and white photographs and drawings, and charts. Jacket price clipped and with slight wear.
Price: $30.00