| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | Z2389 |
| Military Code: | XR-T |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Hawker Hurricane |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Hawker Hurricane/Sea Hurricane |
| Aircraft Version: | Hawker Hurricane Mk2A |
| C/n (msn): | [ Z2389 ] |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Brooklands (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGLB IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Collection: | Brooklands Museum |
| Photo Date: | 15 September 2011 |
| Photo by: | Andy Anderson |
| Photo ID: | 566795 |
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Built in 1940 by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. at Kingston-on-Thames, Z2389 served with five different RAF Squadrons in 1941, including the American volunteer 71 'Eagle' Squadron at Martlesham Heath. As part of emergency war supplies for Russia, Z2389 was crated up and joined the 767 Regiment of the Red Air Force on the Kola Peninsula. On the 20th of June 1942, it was shot down. Z2389's pilot F/Lt Ivan Kalashnikov survived the forced landing. Fifty years later, Z2389 was found, and its remains arrived at Brooklands on the 14th October. Restoration took from 1999 to 2019 - now with Squadron code XR-J. This photo is copyright © Andy Anderson, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 25 April 2023, and has since been viewed 278 times. |