RAF Hurricane Pic Battle of France May 1940. Important for SoW Devs?

[MB_Avro_UK]

Hi all,

This picture of an RAF Hurricane Mk 1 shot down in the Battle of France ( probably May 1940) raises a number of questions. Maybe important for SoW Devs??

It is clearly a Mk I manufactured in the winter of 1940 (telltales: Rotol paddle-blade wooden prop with round spinner, sword-type radio mast, armour glass windscreen, armour behind pilot's back)' It appears to have a gas detection patch on the leading edge of each wing and very unusually for mid-1940, it has a gun camera in the root of the port wing. Paint on belly: black port wing, aluminum under fuselage, white starboard wing. Strangely, all national markings and squadron codes appear to be missing.

And a bullet hole in the armoured windscreen!




Many thanks to Lima-Mike in producing this report.

Best Regards,
MB_Avro.