BBMF Hurricane PZ865 reaches 75
Header image: BBMF Hurricane Mk IIC PZ865 displaying at the recent Armed Forces Day event at Cleethorpes on 29th June, flown by Gp Capt Mark Flewin, the RAF Coningsby Station Commander. (Photo: Tim Clarke)
BBMF Hurricane Mk IIC PZ865 first flew on 27th July 1944, 75 years ago this month. PZ865 was the last Hawker Hurricane ever built, from a total of 14,533. Fitted with four 20mm cannons and a Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engine, it came off the production line at the huge Hawker aircraft factory at Langley with the inscription ‘The Last of the Many’ painted beneath the cockpit on both sides.



