<p>Britain’s first-ever wartime fighter plane, the Hawker Hurricane, shot down more enemy planes than any other fighter. It was the true <b>aviation hero</b> of the Battle of Britain.<br><br>Often eclipsed by the legend and aerial heroics of the Spitfire, the Hurricane was the <b>authentic warhorse</b> of aviation history. Stable, rugged, less expensive to build – and far more easily repaired and maintained than the Spitfire – the ‘Hurri’ as it was affectionately known, proved to be the <b>most fearsome fighter plane</b> in aerial combat – at a time when Britain’s survival was at stake like never before.<br><br>In 1940 the Hurricane made its mark: more than half of the 1,200 German aircraft that were shot down in the war were taken down by Hurricanes<b>. </b>At the time, the RAF could call on 32 squadrons of Hurricanes and 19 Spitfires: the Hurricane was, in fact, the
