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Its eight wing-mounted Colt-Brownings spitting flame, The Hawker Hurricane swooped to depatch over two thirds of all enemy aircraft destroyed in teh Battle Of Britain. Courageous squadroncommander Douglas Bader, 14 - kill hero 'Cober Kain', Ginger Lacey - the top Battle Of Britain ace with 18 victims - and many other RAF pilots owed their reputations and their lives to this toughest mount of all. The hurricane was outnumbered but never outclassed, designed to hit the enemy hard, absorb tremendous punishmentyet live to fight another day. Featuring colour footage of the last surviving aircraft, alongside original combat film, this is the definitive documentary of a fighter plane that truely changed the course of history...
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