Hawker Hurricane , LF363 - RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

The Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’s (BBMF) Hawker Hurricane , LF363, flown by Squadron Leader Mark Sugden, completes three flypasts at The Shuttleworth Collection’s Old Warden Airfield on 12 May 2024, to open the Shuttleworth Best of British Season Premiere Airshow 2024. As part of its last ‘Major’ service at Biggin Hill, which was completed in Spring 2022, LF363 was repainted into new colours as ‘RF-J’ of 303 Kościuszko (Polish) Squadron during the Battle of Britain. The original Hurricane ‘RF-J’, which LF363 now represents, was Hurricane Mk. I, V6665, which was delivered as a replacement aircraft, to 303 Squadron at Northolt on 7th September 1940. It lasted for only 20 days before it too was lost in combat. In common with all the 303 Squadron Hurricanes, V6665 was painted with the colourful circular unit badge on each side of the upper fuselage under the wireless aerial mast. In addition, shortly after receiving instructions from Headquarters 11