2-321-571 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Prototype Hawker Hurricane being test flown by Flight Lieutenant PWS Bulman, c1935 (1941). PWS 'George' Bulman was Chief Test Pilot for Hawker Aircraft from 1925. He made the first flight in many of the company's aircraft, including the Hurricane, which he first piloted in 1935. The aircraft became one of the mainstays of the RAF, seeing distinguished service during the Battle of Britain. A print from British Fighters, by Lawrence Fairhall, London Robert Ross & Co Ltd, 1941.