HURRICANE COBBER
The Merlin II sputtered into life, and only then my two wingmen started their Hurricane Is. After the usual checks, I waved the wheel chocks away and taxied off. The takeoff was uneventful, and we grouped in standard V formation and climbed towards the skies above Saarbrücken, soon leveling off at our patrol height. I knew exactly where the German border was. It was against orders to cross this border, but I wanted some action, and frequently crossed it, disregarding orders anyway.
We just crossed the border into Germany when I spotted some Messerschmitt Bf 109Es above us; nine of them. “Here’s the action!” I said to myself. I closed the gap in an favorable position and opened fire on the leader. Two “Emils” broke formation to attack us. 
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Today, one of my wingmen had his first kill, and spent all his ammunition. The other used up all of his ammo in the anticipation of his first kill. I sent them both home. Unseen to me (This was a hard earned bitter lesson – always look for the enemy – he may be behind you!), one of the Me 109s that broke off to attack was now behind me and opened fire. My canopy disintegrated from cannon fire from the Me 109 as I initiated a turn. More rounds, and my Hurricane was on fire. The reserve tank was perforated by shrapnel and caught fire. Hoping to stop the flames, I groped around for the fuel cock. More rounds hit as I tried to turn left. I was wounded from shrapnel, but the awful pain goaded me into action: As I undid my seat and shoulder belts, I noticed my hands were burned. In a world of pain, I realized I had to get out of the blazing inferno which was previously my Hurricane. I rolled inverted, fell away from the Hurricane and passed out, but not before pulling the ripcord. I landed near Ritzing, too close to the German border.
My wingmen returned to Rouvres without a scratch, and reported what happened. I was soon found and returned to my unit by the French. Horizontally, I celebrated my status as the “First Ace of WW II” in a stretcher in the mess hall. One of my wingmen would die three days later in a landing accident and the other killed in combat with a Me 109 some months later.
My name is Flight Officer Edgar James “Cobber” Kain. I received the Distinguished Flying Cross.
TECHNICALLY INFERIOR
The Hurricane Is flown by British Squadrons in France at an early stage of the war were inferior to the Bf 109E-1s. All too many of the Hurricanes were still using the wooden “Watts” two bladed propellers. The wings were still covered by fabric, and there was no cockpit armor. The gunsight was leftover from WW I.
A GERMAN ACE – Werner “Vati” Mölders
Ja, it is true; I flew a captured British Hurricane. It flew like a schlepperboot (a tugboat), quite easy to fly, steady in the turn, the rudder is very heavy, und is heavy on the ailerons also, but its performance was not comparable to the so much more superior Messerchmitt 109. I shot down around twenty Hurricanes, so I should know.
In my first attempt to join the Luftwaffe, I was declared unfit for flying. I tried again and was accepted for flight training. I was badly afflicted by air sickness but overcame this problem through sheer willpower, because I really wanted to fly. For two years I was an instructor at Wiesbaden. I volunteered to join the Condor Legion and arrived by sea in Cadiz on 14 April that year. I took over from Adolf Galland at the head of 3.J/88. There I displayed considerable qualities not only as a pilot and marksman but also, and especially, as a tactician and organiser. I am credited with developing the “finger four” technique which improved a flight’s peripheral vision and encouraged initiative.
On 22 November 1941, I was a passenger in a He 111 from the Crimea to Germany to attend the funeral of Ernst Udet, a German Ace. Landing during a thunderstorm at Breslau the aircraft crashed. I and the pilot were killed.
My name is Werner “Vati” Mölders.
IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
The early history of the Hurricane is a fascinating parallel in many ways to that of the Supermarine Spitfire, with which it formed an eternal partnership. While the Spitfire was an entirely new concept based on specialized experience, the Hurricane was the logical outcome of a long line of fighting aircraft. Although the two airplanes broadly met the same requirements, they represented entirely different approaches to the same problem. The two approaches were reflected to an interesting degree in their 
respective appearances; the Hurricane workmanlike, rugged and sturdy, the Spitfire slender and ballerina-like. One was the studied application of experience, the other a stroke of genius.
Often underrated in favor of the Spitfire, the Hurricane was the main victor of the Battle of Britain, by sheer force of numbers. The Royal Air Force then had 32 Hurricane squadrons, compared with 19 Spitfire squadrons. This meant that 620 Hurricane and Spitfire fighters (with another 84 assorted fighters like the Gloster Gladiator) had to face the German air threat of 3,500 bombers and fighters. During the “Battle of Britain”, along with the Spitfire, it helped to force the Luftwaffe to use the Bf 109 to protect the poor performing twin engine Bf 110 escort fighter.
The synthesis of many years’ intimate experience of fighter biplane design, translated into the modern formula; a compromise between tradition, and requirements of a new era in air warfare- -was born the Hawker Hurricane. The Hurricane shouldered the lion’s share of Britain’s defense during the “Battle of Britain,” and was largely responsible for the victorious conclusion of this conflict. The Hurricane equipped more than three-fifths of RAF’s Fighter Command squadrons. The Hurricane also proved to possess an surprising predisposition for adaptation, and the multifarious roles that it undertook earned for it the distinction of being the most versatile of single seat warplanes to emerge from the Second World War.
CAMM'S MONOPLANE
The Hurricane was the work of Sydney Camm, who began its design in 1934. The prototype first took to the air on November 6,1935, at Brooklands, and the initial production Hurricane I entered RAF service in December 1937, with No 111 Squadron. Powered by the famous Rolls- Royce Merlin engine, it became the first RAF monoplane fighter with an enclosed cockpit and retractable undercarriage and was the first RAF fighter monoplane capable of exceeding 300 mph in level flight.