Response to Glider and Juha.

[glider1]

Tony
Appreciate it and I await your comments with interest. Re the use of Hurricanes in the GA mode in Europe. RP armed Hurricanes IV's were used in Europe for a short while in early 1944 against the V1 sites. Losses to AA fire were huge and they were quickly withdrawn and replaced with Typhoons.

I don't pretend to know the difference in performance between a Hurricane IV with Rockets compared to one with 40mm S guns but would expect them to be in the same ball park. With that in mind the omens for gun armed Hurricanes over Europe would not be good and their replacement understandable.