Italeri 2713 - 1/48 Sea Hurricane WWII  [IT-2713S]

Period: 2nd World War

Country: The Uk

Model Dim.: 23,4 cm

Sea Hurricane

The Sea Hurricane, produced from the famous Hawker fighter, was developed to offer atmosphere cover for cargo ships convoys. The initial variations were modified become carried by vendor vessels designed with a catapult for launching the ocean Hurricanes. The vessels, but had no recovery facilities and cranes. The sole alternative for the pilots was to find a friendly landing base, if autonomy could allowed it, or ditching. Despite these operating restrictions, the ocean Hurricane gained the initial victories. The Sea Hurricane Mk Ib variation has been equipped with arrest hook as well as the fighter could operated from aircraft companies, such as HMS Furious and HMS Eagle, and from MAC ships, big cargo vessels with journey deck enable to launch and recover the aircrafts. From February 1942, Sea Hurricane Mk Ic, is introduced. A lot more than 400 planes was produced in addition they had been used in Mediterranean and Atlantic areas.