Hurricane IIB BE505, Pilot Training - Take offs, landings, dual and solo.

Hawker Hurricane , BE505, G-HHII flying at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford on 9 November 2023, apparently for some dual pilot training followed by a solo flight. This Hurricane is the only remaining airworthy ’Hurribomber’ version of the Hawker Hurricane - a fighter/bomber - and has in recent years been modified into a 2 seater. The Hurricane IIB gained prominence at a time when RAF Fighter Command went over to the offensive following the end of The Battle of Britain. The ’Hurri-bombers’, as they came to be known, carried the fight to the European mainland in late 1941 and early 1942, initially armed with a pair of 250lb bombs and later with two 500lb bombs, together with an up-rated armament of twelve Browning .303 inch machine guns from the original eight. The history of Hurricane BE505 begins at the Canadian Car & Foundry Company factory in 1942 as construction number CCF/R20023. The aircraft was originally ordered as a Mk.1 for the RAF and allocated the milita