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

Period: 2nd World War

Nation: Great Britain

Model Dim.: 23,4 cm

Water Hurricane

The Sea Hurricane, made out of the famous Hawker fighter, was created to provide atmosphere cover for cargo vessels convoys. The initial variations were modified become carried by merchant vessels fashioned with a catapult for introducing the ocean Hurricanes. The vessels, but had no data recovery facilities and cranes. The only real substitute for the pilots would be 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 is built with arrest hook along with the fighter could operated from aircraft companies, such as for instance HMS Furious and HMS Eagle, and from MAC vessels, big cargo vessels with journey deck enable to launch and recover the aircrafts. From February 1942, Sea Hurricane Mk Ic, is introduced. Significantly more than 400 planes had been stated in addition that they had been utilized in Mediterranean and Atlantic areas.