Royal Air Force - Hawker Hurricane IIc PZ865
Royal Air Force - Hawker Hurricane IIc PZ865 Last of the Many of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, seen on display fitted with a non-standard four-bladed propeller. Named The Last of the Many, PZ865 first flew at Langley, Buckinghamshire on 22 July 1944. Instead of being allocated to the RAF, it was retained by Hawker Aircraft for trials work.It moved in 1950 to the Hawker factory at Dunsfold Aerodrome and was given the civil registration G-AMAU on 1 May 1950. It was flown into second place at the 1950 King's Cup Air Race by Group Captain Peter Townsend. At this time it was painted in Hawker Aircraft's dark blue colour scheme with gold lettering and lining. It was used as a chase plane during the P.1127 flight trials and also appeared in the 1968 Battle of Britain film.In 1972 the aircraft was refurbished and presented by Hawker's successor company, Hawker Siddeley, to the Royal Air Force's Battle of Britain Memorial Flight then based at RAF Coltishall, reverting to its military serial identity
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Aerodrome Allocated Appeared Buckinghamshire Coltishall Dunsfold Fitted Flew Flown Hawkers Hurricane Identity Instead Langley Lettering Moved Non-standard P.1127 Propeller Pz865 Refurbished Registration Retained Scheme Successor Townsend
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