On This Day, 1999: On 5 June 1999 RAF Tornados flew their first combat missions from Solenzara in Corsica during Operation Allied…
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Hawker Aircraft Ltd
Fighter AircraftThe Hawker Hurricane was the RAF’s first modern monoplane fighter and one of the decisive aircraft of 1940. Overshadowed in popular memory by the Spitfire, it nevertheless carried much of the burden in the Battle of Britain and remained an adaptable wartime workhorse.
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