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Serial #: P3351 DR393 Construction #: ? Civil Registration: ZK-TPL |
Model(s): Hurricane Mk. I Hurricane Mk. IIa Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 |
Delivered to RAF as P3351, 19??.
- Crashed, Prestwick, July 21, 1940.
- Rebuilt as Mk. IIa (new serial DR393 issued).
- Marked as TP-K.
Delivered to Soviet AF as DR393, May 1941.
- Crashed near Murmansk, Russia, 1943.
Recovered from crash site in Russia, 19??.
Jim Pearce, Shoreham, UK, September 1992-1993.
- Acquired hulk.
- Wings carry RAF roundel & Russian Star, Polish chequerboard emblem on each cowling.
Alpine Fighter Collection, Wanaka, NZ, 1993-1999.
- Restoration to airworthy as Mk. IIc, Suffolk, UK, 1994-1995.
- Shipped to NZ for completion, Wanaka, September 1995.
- Final work by Air NZ, Christchurch.
Alpine Fighter Collection, Wanaka, August 3, 1999-2002.
- Registered as ZK-TPL.
- First Flight, Christchurch, January 12, 2000.
- Flown as RAF/P3351/TP-K.
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Source(s): Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Photo Source(s): Dave McDonald. |
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