US Navy - Sweat Shirt Bristol Blenheim Hawker Hurricane

Hawker Hurricane

The jet used new swept wing technology enabling the aircraft to break the world air speed record in 1953

When the RN retired the Buccaneer in 1978

The earliest combat action was seen at the defence of Rangoon in December 1941

US Navy - Sweat Shirt Bristol Blenheim Hawker HurricaneUS Navy insignia US Naval aviation began with aviator Glenn Curtiss who was contracted by the US Government to fly aircraft from land bases and from aboard ships at sea. The first of which was from the cruiser USS Birmingham by a Curtiss pilot, Eugene Ely. In World War Two the aircraft carrier became the most powerful naval weapon system, particularly in the Pacific War. This design features battle worn Stars and Stripes.