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Hawker Hurricane

'THE LAST OF THE FEW'

P3966 / G-LNWZ



Hawker Hurricane P3966 is now under fully restoration back to flight with Hawker Restorations at

Elmsett Airfield Suffolk England.

 Work is well underway with the centre section & rear fuselage tubing in a test fit situation before final fix, the wing spars are well underway and it will not be too long before those can be test fitted to the centre section for jigging up.

P3966 now has its civil register of G-LNWZ to White Waltham Airfield Limited on June 7th 2022


info@aviationmuseum.co.uk

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    John Hemmingway

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    John left with Howitt & Marshall along with Squadron Leader Peter Townsend kneeling the Squadron mascot Kim

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    John Hemingway in middle talking to Roger Pickett fduring Johns visit to see parts of his excavated Hurricane

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    Paddy on left with 85 sqaudron crews

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    A recent image of Paddy

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    HJohn emingway looks at a part of his aircraft , with his son left and two grand sons with Roger Pickett to his right. c1989

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    More wreckage parts for P3966 including the undercarriage legs

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    A view of the first excavation in 1987, in March 2019 the rest of the aircraft was excavated going down to a depth of over 30 feet (10m)

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    Paddy Hemingway, He ended his service in the R.A.F. as a Group Captain

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    P3966 Data plate

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    P3966 undercarriage legs

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    Close up of the data plate stating the legend P3966

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    Spade Grip AH Number

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    Historian Robin Hill and Spitfire builder Steve Vizard proudly showing the spade grip that had spent 79 year underground

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    Excavation in full swing 2019

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    2019 excavation

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