Flying Officer Corran Perry Ashworth

Nicknamed

‘Hurriback’ (in part due to it’s ‘hunched’ back)

Manufacturer

Hawker Siddeley Aircraft
Kingston upon Thames, London, England

Designed by

Sydney Camm (1934)

Role

Fighter / Bomber

Crew

1

Engine

1 x Rolls-Royce Merlin XX liquid-cooled V-12 piston engine

Engine Power

884 kW (1,185 hp) at 6,400 m (21,000 ft)

Max level speed

550 km/h (340 mph) at 6,400 m (21,000 ft)

Cruising speed

438 km/h (272 mph) at 14,575 m (5,000ft)

Climb rate

Initial: 14.22 m/s (2,500 ft/min)
At sea level: 14.0 m/s (2,756 ft/min)
At 3,000 m (9,843 ft): 13.5 m/s (2,658 ft/min)
At 6,000 m (1,9685 ft): 10.2 m/s (2,008 ft/min)

Time to altitude

4,575 m (15,000ft) in 6 min

Service Ceiling

11,000 m (36,000 ft)

Range

970 km (600 mi) on internal fuel

Empty Weight

2,606 kg (5,745 lbs)

Max. Takeoff Weight

3,951 kg (8,710 lbs)

Wing Span

12.19 m (39 ft 12 in)

Wing Area

23.9 m² (257 ft²)

Length

9.82 m (32 ft 3 in)

Height

4 m (13 ft 1.5 in)

Armament

4 × 20 mm Hispano Mk II cannon wing-mounted, firing 90 rounds per gun with a velocity of 810 m/s (2,660 ft/sec)

2 × 110 kg OR 230 kg (250 or 500 lb) bombs

Data for version

Hurricane IIB

First combat mission

21 October 1939 - at the start of the 'Phoney War'

Final delivery (all variants)

September 1944

Total production

14,231

ICAO Code

HURI

Production Variants

Mk I, Mk IIA Series 1, Mk IIA Series 2, Mk IIB Hurri-Bomber, Mk IIC, Mk IID, Mk IIE, Mk IV

1,451 Hurricane fighters built in Canada: Mks X-XII