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    Airframe Family: Hawker Hurricane
    Latest Model:Sea Hurricane IB
    Last Military Serial:Z7015 RAF
    Construction Number:CCF/41H/4013
    Last Civil Registration:G-BKTH
    Compressed ID:Hawker Sea Hurricane IB sn Z7015 RA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Richard Shuttleworth Trustees, Old Warden Aerodrome, Old Warden, Biggleswade

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    Dates

    Event

    1940

    Constructed as a Hurricane I by Hawker at Brooklands.

    Transported by ship.
    Sent to the United Kingdom after flight testing.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n Z7015.

    27 June 1941

    Converted to a Sea Hurricane IB.

    1943

    To Loughborough College.
    Delivered to the college for use as an instructional airframe.

    1961

    To Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden Aerodrome, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire-Central, England.
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    Used statically in the filming of the move Battle of Britain.

    Restoration started.
    There were several attempts to restore the airframe to flying condition.

    1981

    Transported by ground.
    Moved to Duxford.

    Restoration started.
    The work was started by the Duxford Aviation Started.

    February 1986

    Restoration continued.
    The work was carried out by a team from the Imperial War Museum.

    8 April 1993

    To Richard Shuttleworth Trustees, Old Warden Aerodrome, Old Warden, Biggleswade with new c/r G-BKTH.

    16 September 1995

    First flight.
    Flown by Andy Septon.

    25 May 1996


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: The Shuttleworth Collection Sea Hurricane was displayed at the 1996 RAF Mildenhall Air Fete.

    8 August 2006


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: In perfect condition in the hangar at Old Warden, UK

    To unknown owner with c/r G-BKTH.

    Markings Applied: 7-L

    21 April 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Part of the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden

    21 April 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Part of the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden

    11 July 2015


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: Z7015/G-BKTH - 1939 Canadian Car and Foundry built Hawker Sea Hurricane 1B, part of the flying display at Yeovilton International Air Day 2015

    26 January 2023


    Photographer: Fred Taylor
    Notes: Photographed here in the Hurricane, The Unsung Hero Exhibition at Duxford, UK on 26 January 2023.
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