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Hawker Hurricane in Yugoslav service

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/December 15, 2017 by Wehwalt (talk) 17:28, 6 November 2017 (UTC)



The British-designed Hawker Hurricane aircraft was in Yugoslav service for two periods between 1938 and the early 1950s. Between 1938 and 1940, Yugoslavia obtained 24 Hurricane Mk I's from early production batches, marking the first foreign sale of the aircraft. Twenty additional aircraft were built under licence in Yugoslavia. When the country was drawn into World War II by the German-led Axis invasion of April 1941, a total of 41 Hurricane Mk I's were in service as fighter aircraft. They achieved some successes against Luftwaffe aircraft, but all Yugoslav Hurricanes were destroyed or captured during the 11-day invasion. In mid-1944, the Yugoslav Partisans formed two Royal Air Force squadrons, which both operated Hurricane fighter-bombers. One flew Hurricanes during training and operationally, and the other briefly flew Hurricanes during training before re-equipping with Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vs. Both squadrons conducted ground attack missions in support of Partisan operations until the end of the war. Hurricanes remained in service with the post-war Yugoslav Air Force until the early 1950s.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Beograd-class destroyer is a Yugoslav military article, and is scheduled for November 20, 2017
 * Main editors: Peacemaker67
 * Promoted: May 6, 2017
 * Reasons for nomination: Date relevance, the first Hurricane arrived in Yugoslavia on 15 December 1938
 * Support as nominator. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:12, 28 October 2017 (UTC)