Lend-Lease Hurricanes found in Ukraine

[hidetheelephants]

Does this mean they'll have to pay for them now?

[GliderRider]

Before Lend/Lease, the early arms deliveries to the Soviet Union were paid for, hence the large shipment of gold on HMS Edinburgh when she was sunk.

[hidetheelephants]

I was joking, but we were shipping them Hurricanes up to the end of production in 1944, 3000 or so; whatever the status of the first shipments most of them were Lend Lease.

[Tyrell Corp]

Seems like tons of unused ww2 stuff still in storage even now.

There is a vid on YouTube of a recently captured Ukranian armoury, hundreds of unopened cases of Thompson and Vickers Maxim guns, still in original grease paper wrap.

Worth a fortune to collectors but with odd .45 /.303 ammo not much value on the battlefield.

[NelsonM3]

I wonder if the ID plates/remaining parts still there can be used for some new restorations?

[aeropilot]

NelsonM3 said:

I wonder if the ID plates/remaining parts still there can be used for some new restorations?

Very much so, if they can find the identities on the frames etc.

A lot of the early Hurricanes sent to Russia in late '41 and early '42 were rebuilt and refurbish Mk.1's that had served with the RAF during the Battle of Britain, so a centre-section/frame with traceable identity to a Battle of Britain combat veteran would be a potential valuable asset for sale for restoration.

Hawker Restorations don't have much tube material left though now, maybe enough for 2-3 more rebuilds, so that might be an issue in terms of value.

Two of the current airworthy Hurricanes are ex-BofB Hurricanes that later went to Russia, and crash landed in northern Russia, and were recovered in the 1990's after the fall of the USSR.

[eccles]

aeropilot said:

Hawker Restorations don't have much tube material left though now, maybe enough for 2-3 more rebuilds, so that might be an issue in terms of value.

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Not true at all.

[Yertis]

As in they cannot build any more Hurricanes, or how many do you want?