18 Feb 1935
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- The British Air Ministry issued Contract No. 357483/34 to Hawker Aviation for one example of what was later to be called Hurricane fighter for evaluation. ww2dbase [Hurricane | CPC]
![P-26 Peashooter fighters of USAAC 17th Pursuit Group at rest, March Field, California, United States, 18 Feb 1935](/images/imagemagick/tmb_air_p26_8.jpg)
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