Hurricane: The Plane that Won the War

alright, I admit it, when I first saw, who was the author was, I thought "just another "climb on the bandwagon" Author-and a woman". BOY WAS I WRONG. This book comes from a slightly different direction of other books, it deals with people, and as a result information comes to light.For those modelling/aviation geeks. there is here definitive verbal evidence from groundcrew regarding the repainting of the underside of Battle of Britain fighters, and the resulting changes in camouflage colour. We have known about this, but rarely have the full details been given by the man who actually did the job. The very fact that I bought this says a lot. Jackie Hyams: my compliments, Maam.

An absolutely fantastic book filled with fascinating stories and insight.Second-edition may require a bit of proofreading due to a number of duplications errors within the same paragraphs. But the power of the stories doesn't get dragged down.

I really enjoyed this account of the dominant Battle of Britain aeroplane. This book does require further proof reading,some sentences are duplicated and Murmansk is NOT a warm water port.

This book seems to be aimed at young people who have no knowledge of aeroplanes or World War Two, and there's nothing wrong with that. Indeed, it is written in a lively and engaging style which could well capture the attention of such readers. Unfortunately there are far too many errors and indeed three or four absolute howlers, which have the effect of devaluing much that is good in the book. It badly needed a good editor.

Did nobody proof read this?"The hawker hurricane was britains first ever wartime fighter aircraft." ?!Clearly it wasn't - Did the author forget the first World War happened?"Fighter planes like the heinkel 70 (he 70) and the messerschmitt 109 (me 109) would go on to dominate aerial combat in the early years of the second World War." ?!?! He 70 was a mail carrying plane later versions appeared as a light bomber it was nothing like the Me109 or hurricane in that it wasn't a fighter.Don't waste your time. This book is a waste of paper, ink , time and money.

Although this is quite an interesting book and I did read the whole thing, I didn't learn a huge amount that was new. The narrative structure is very disjointed and it doesn't flow well, and it appears to be based on extracts from published works rather than first-hand interviews with pilots and ground crew. So there's not a lot of new information or insight.As other reviewers have pointed out, it is poorly edited and there are several annoying mistakes that detract from the quality of the book. So overall this is a book for someone that doesn't know much about the topic, although I suspect it won't engage their attention as it is not a compelling read. But not one for the aviation enthusiast IMO.

I received this book as a gift from my daughter who knew I was a Hurricane fan. I have a good number of books on the Hurricane, but sadly, this is the worst.Unlike The Hurricane Story by Paul Gallico, this book is a dull read for some reason. It is very light on detail and has mistakes. Apparently the Hurricane IID could carry a 16" gun; who knew?Much of the second to last chapter is padding. It tells of a downed Hurricane pilot in Burma. A 'Ripping Yarn' certainly, but adds very little to the story of the Hurricane itselfUnlike the Spitfire and the Mossie, the Hurricane does not seem to attract the attention of many writers. Sadly, this book does not add anything to the slim pickings available for this remarkable aircraft.

This looked like a book to add to the history of the wonderful Hawker Hurricane however, it reads like a book for a teenager, and even in the first pages contained glaring historical errors showing poor research e.g the author mentions how the hurricanes and fighter command had to cope with the Me109 and the Heinkel He70, the He70 was a propaganda tool for the Nazis, it never went into squadron service.Overall though a well presented book with some nice images, but could have been better researched in my opinion