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File:Hurricane IIC 87 Sqn RAF in flight 1942.jpg

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Description
English: A Royal Air Force Hawker Hurricane Mark IIC (s/n BE500, 'LK-A', "United Provinces Cawnpore") being flown by Squadron Leader Dennis Smallwood, the Commanding Officer of No. 87 Squadron RAF based at RAF Charmy Down, Somerset (UK). No. 87 Squadron was one of the first RAF night fighter squadrons. Sqn Ldr Smallwood led the squadron in 1941-42, when most intercepts were made entirely without on-board radar. The aircraft is painted in an overall black scheme known in the RAF as "Special Night".
BE500 subsequently served with No. 533 Squadron RAF and finally in the Far East.
Date early 1942
date QS:P,+1942-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P4241,Q40719727
Source
This photograph COL 186 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. [1])
Author RAF

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