Guillow Hawker Mk-1 Hurricane Balsa kitProduct Description During the famous Battle of Britain, more than three fifths of the R. A. F. Fighter Command's squadrons used Hawker Hurricanes. This immortal partner of the Supermarine Spitfire destroyed the German bombers while the Spitfires engaged the Messerschmitt BF 109's. The Hurricane was the first combat aircraft capable of exceeding 300 M. P. H., and it became the most versatile single seat warplane to emerge from World War II. This plane