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Hurricanes are my favorite! Thanks for the news!

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Wow that is amazing that stuff still turns up . Thank you for posting it. Excellent news.
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Truly amazing. Hidden in plain sight. I'd imagine it was visible in satellite images?
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Was it completely unknown to those who keep track of such things, or just off the radar of enthusiasts?

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Was it completely unknown to those who keep track of such things, or just off the radar of enthusiasts?


No, known since 2010. I have had images of it for several years but it was kept quiet until finally an exchange could be made with the Indian Air Force Museum. With two Hurricanes now it bodes well for a flyer for the Indian Air Force Historic Flight.
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No, known since 2010.


Peter, I knew you would have the answer. Thanks.
Just out of curiosity, do you think there are any truly unknown Spitfire or Hurricane survivors (not just dataplates or corroded bits) out there?

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Yep, first located it around August 2009.

and in plain sight

But sworn to secrecy while the wheels of bureaucracy were rolling

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Any ID/history known for this airframe?

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Jagan wrote:
Yep, first located it around August 2009.

and in plain sight

But sworn to secrecy while the wheels of bureaucracy were rolling

So it only took just over 11 years to resolve. That's pretty good by Indian standards.
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So it only took just over 11 years to resolve


Pretty common by any bureaucracy standards I am used to!!!

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Chris Brame wrote:
Any ID/history known for this airframe?

Rumbling on FlyPast that it could be very historic-
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By: Atcham Tower - 2nd February 2021 at 09:50

A friend who knows far more about Hurricanes than I do, comments that it looks like the prototype K5083! This one became instructional airframe 1211M in 5/39. Food for thought, perhaps.


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Warbirdnerd wrote:
Chris Brame wrote:
Any ID/history known for this airframe?

Rumbling on FlyPast that it could be very historic-
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By: Atcham Tower - 2nd February 2021 at 09:50

A friend who knows far more about Hurricanes than I do, comments that it looks like the prototype K5083! This one became instructional airframe 1211M in 5/39. Food for thought, perhaps.


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This is fantastic news! Imagine what else remains undiscovered. But maybe even the bigger story here (that I didn't know about) is that the Indian Air Force is restoring alot of their vintage aircraft to fly?!

Already Restored and Flying:
Tigermoth
Harvard

Will be Restored:
Spitfire
Hurricane
Lysander

So which airframes will be restored? Do they have additional copies of these aircraft so if they crash will they still have a static example to retain for display? Exciting for sure.

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I'd be very surprised if it was the Hurri prototype, the pic in the link above shows the later style 12-gun B wing so probably a MK.IIb or Canadian equivalent?
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