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    Airframe Family: Hawker Hurricane
    Latest Model:Hurricane IV
    Last Military Serial:KZ321 RAF
    Construction Number:KZ321
    Last Civil Registration:OO-HUR
    Compressed ID:Hawker Hurricane IV sn KZ321 RAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Flying Aces Services and Training, Aviation Museum Tocna, Czech

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa March 1943

    Constructed as a Hurricane IV.

    Circa March 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KZ321.

    Assigned to for storage.

    March 1943

    Transferred to 6 Squadron, Grottaglie, Italy.

    Operated from Canne, Italy.

    Operated from Greece.

    Operated from Yugoslavia.

    Post war service in Palestine and Nicosia.

    January 1947

    Abandoned in what is now Israel when the unit converted to Hawker Typhoons.

    1983

    Recovered from a Jaffa scrapyard by Doug Arnold and returned to the UK.

    Assigned to Blackbushe for storage.

    Assigned to Biggin Hill for storage.

    31 March 1989

    Assigned civil registration: G-HURY

    25 April 1991

    To The Fighter Collection/Patina Ltd/Stephen Gray, Jersey keeping c/r G-HURY.

    2001

    Restoration started.
    The work was carried out by Hawker Restorations.

    2003

    First post-restoration Flight.

    11 July 2003


    Photographer: Kenneth M. Hare Collection
    Notes: Hurricane IV KZ321 / G-HURY 6 Squadron at Duxford Aerodrome, Cambridgeshire July 11, 2003

    1 June 2004


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Undergoing maintenance in Duxford.

    21 March 2005


    Photographer: Fred Taylor
    Notes: G-HURY/KZ321 with The Fighter Collection at Duxford, UK on 21 March 2005.

    20 February 2006

    Civil registration, G-HURY, cancelled.

    March 2006

    To Vintage Wings, Canada.

    From Unknown to Circa 17 May 2006

    Transported by ship.
    Transported by ship to Montreal.

    From 17 May 2006 to 18 May 2006

    Transported by ground. Delivered to Vintage Wings of Canada, Gatineau, QC.
    Transported by ground to Vintage Wings with different components arriving on 17 May and 18 May, 2006.
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    9 June 2006

    To 6565379 Canada Inc/Vintage Wings, Canada/Michael Potter/CF-TPM with new c/r CF-TPM {1}.

    15 June 2006


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: The civil registration decal is applied to the fuselage.

    15 June 2006


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Ready for the test flight.

    15 June 2006


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Robert Erdos takes the Hurricane up for the first time at Vintage Wings.

    14 August 2006

    To Vintage Wings of Canada/les Ailes Depoque Du Canada, Ottawa, ON keeping c/r CF-TPM {1}.

    16 September 2006


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: This photo was taken from the Canadian Warplane Heritage Lancaster while in formation just north of Gatineau, Quebec.

    28 July 2009


    Photographer: Todd Royer
    Notes: EAA Airventure 2009

    14 June 2011

    To Vintage Wings of Canada/les Ailes Depoque Du Canada, Ottawa, ON keeping c/r CF-TPM {1}.

    17 June 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Hamilton Air Show hosted by the Canadian Warplane Heritage in Mount Hope, Ontario.

    17 June 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Hamilton Air Show hosted by the Canadian Warplane Heritage in Mount Hope, Ontario.

    2 January 2014

    Civil registration, CF-TPM {1}, cancelled.

    25 April 2014

    To 6565379 Canada Inc, Ottawa, ON with new c/r CF-TPM {1}.

    16 April 2015

    To Vintage Wings of Canada/les Ailes Depoque Du Canada, Gatineau, QC keeping c/r CF-TPM {1}.

    16 December 2015

    To 6565379 Canada Inc, Ottawa, ON keeping c/r CF-TPM {1}.

    13 August 2018

    To Flying Aces Services and Training, Aviation Museum Tocna, Czech with new c/r OO-HUR.

    14 September 2019


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
    Notes: Kleine Brogel AB, Belgium

    14 September 2019


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
    Notes: Kleine Brogel AB, Belgium

    Circa 2022

    Markings Applied: LX E, BE150

    2022


    Photographer: Vaclav Kudela

    14 August 2022

    Destroyed in a crash.
    While being displayed in flight at the Cheb Aviation Days, the aircraft appeared to stall and crash into a house. The pilot perished in the crash, and one person was injured on the ground.


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    Credits
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    Print Sources
    Warbirds Directory, 4th Edition by Geoff Goodall

    Internet Sources
    AMCAR
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    Transport Canada

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    Mike Henniger
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