The Hawker Hurricane - the RAF's forgotten fighter star of the Battle of Britain.
Places - Linked with the Hurricane (and Hawker & Sopwith)
Brooklands,
Brooklands
Museum Trust Ltd, Brooklands Road, Weybridge, Surrey. KT13 0QN
(Photo 23/8/2007) - (Updated 24/1/2012)
From the museum web site :-
World War One - "The Sopwith Aviation Company
was even more prolific. Besides a large number of prototypes,
numerous Camels, Snipes, Pups and Triplanes came off the
production lines in nearby Kingston and were all test flown and
delivered from Brooklands."
World War Two - "The Hawker Hurricane designed by Sydney
Camm at nearby Kingston.
It was assembled and first flown in prototype form at Brooklands
in November 1935. Altogether, 3,012 Hurricanes were produced at
Brooklands one fifth of the total built. When the Battle
of Britain was fought in the summer of 1940 it was due to the
tremendous production and test flying effort at Brooklands and
other factories and to the skills of the RAF pilots that the
Hurricane became the chief victor of this decisive engagement. At
the time, Hurricanes equipped no less than two-thirds of RAF
single fighter squadrons."
"A Brooklands-built Hurricane was recovered from Russia in 1997 and is now on display in the Aircraft Hangar"
Part of the main Brooklands runway looking towards Mercedes-Benz World and the Museum.
(Photo 23/8/2007)
(Updated 24/1/2012)
(maps.google.co.uk pointer - 51.343633, -0.471574)
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From the museum web site:- "A splendid Art Deco Brooklands Aero Clubhouse was designed by the young British airport architect Graham Dawbarn and opened in May 1932 as a lively new social centre for aviators." (Photos 23/8/2007) - (Updated 24/1/2012) |
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Longbridge,
Birmingham
East Works - the main "shadow factory"
building was1500ft long by 400ft wide.
(to the south and east of Groveley Lane and Parsonage Road -
south of the Flight Shed )
[Now cleared for redevelopment]
Flight Shed after final assembly, aircraft would
emerge from the rear, ascend via a ramp lift to the airfield on
the brow of the hill.
(photograph from the corner of Groveley Lane and Lowhill Lane) (maps.google.co.uk pointer - 52.384772, -1.988101
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[Now cleared for redevelopment]
Cofton Aerodrome
active from the First World War until the end of aircraft
production.
[Now lost under the MG car factory]
The Flight Shed (Photos 16/4/2011) - (Updated 30/1/2012)
The first Hurricane flew from Longbridge on the 8th. October 1940.
Windsor, Berkshire
Alexandra Gardens, Barry Avenue (maps.google.co.uk pointer - 51.485357, -0.616988)
(Photograph - Windsor - 18 April
2015)
(More Photos in my Flickr album - Sir Sydney Camm)
(Updated August 2012)
(Hurricane full size model)
R4229 GN-J at Alexandra Gardens, Barry
Avenue, Windsor, Berkshire.
A memorial to ......"Sir Sydney, renowned
throughout the world of aviation as the Brunel of aero
engineers was born in Windsor and lived in Alma Road. The
son of a carpenters apprentice, he was educated at the
Royal Free School in Bachelors Acre and, without any formal
engineering training, rose to become arguably the worlds
greatest aeronautical engineer with 50 aircraft designs to his
name and over 26000 aeroplanes built."
FromThe
Sir Sydney Camm Commemorative Society web site.
10 Alma
Road The birth place of Sir Sydney Camm (1893 - 1966). (maps.google.co.uk pointer - 51.483129, -0.614778) |
(Photograph - Windsor - 18 April 2015) (More Photos in my Flickr album - Sir Sydney Camm) |
The original plaque of 1986 which was "lost" - the outline of which can still be seen on the brickwork. (Photograph - Copyright Acknowledged - http://thamesweb.u.yuku.com/ ) |
This photo was taken at the corner of Arthur Road / Alma Road. Cross the road and follow the footpath into Athlone Square - the plaque is high on the wall on the left. |
Athone Square, Ward Royal The plaque reads: |
(Photographs - Windsor - 18 April 2015) (More Photos in my Flickr album - Sir Sydney Camm) (maps.google.co.uk pointer - 51.482475, -0.614607 ) |
The Guildhall, High Street (maps.google.co.uk pointer - 51.482121, -0.607149 )
(Photograph - Windsor - 18 April 2015)
(More Photos in my Flickr album - Sir Sydney Camm)
The Windsor & Royal Borough Museum has a small display of the life of Sir Sydney Camm.
Windsor Parish Church, High St. A commemorative service took take place at St John the Baptist Church, High St., Windsor on Friday 21st July 2006 at 15:00. To this service were invited Sir Sydney Camms family, his former colleagues, representatives of various service associations etc. Following the church service, a plaque commemorating Camms life was unveiled.
(Photographs - Windsor - 18 April 2015) - (More Photos in my Flickr album - Sir Sydney Camm) (maps.google.co.uk pointer - 51.481707, -0.606630 ) |
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