File:Hurricane IIC 87 Sqn RAF in flight 1942.jpg
Summary
A Royal Air Force <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Hurricane" class="extiw" title="en:Hawker Hurricane">Hawker Hurricane Mark IIC</a> (s/n BE500, 'LK-A', "United Provinces Cawnpore") being flown by Squadron Leader Dennis Smallwood, the Commanding Officer of No. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._87_Squadron_RAF" class="extiw" title="en:No. 87 Squadron RAF">87 Squadron RAF</a> based at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Charmy_Down" class="extiw" title="en:RAF Charmy Down">RAF Charmy Down</a>, 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.
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| current | 00:35, 6 January 2017 | | 702 × 570 (211 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | A Royal Air Force <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Hurricane" class="extiw" title="en:Hawker Hurricane">Hawker Hurricane Mark IIC</a> (s/n BE500, 'LK-A', "United Provinces Cawnpore") being flown by Squadron Leader Dennis Smallwood, the Commanding Officer of No. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._87_Squadron_RAF" class="extiw" title="en:No. 87 Squadron RAF">87 Squadron RAF</a> based at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Charmy_Down" class="extiw" title="en:RAF Charmy Down">RAF Charmy Down</a>, 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". <br>BE500 subsequently served with No. 533 Squadron RAF and finally in the Far East. |
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