British Forces

Hawker Hurricat

The Hawker Hurricat was a ship based Hurricane launched from a catapult powered by a cluster of thirteen solid fuel rockets. It was developed to counter the Focke Wulf FW 200 Condor in what was a one way mission since there was no place were the plane could land afterwards, because of that it was flown only by volunteers. The first battle between a Hurricat and a Condor occurred on the 3rd of August 1941 and ended with the destruction of the Condor. For shooting down the Condor, the pilot, Lt. Robert Everett was awarded the DSO. He was killed the following year while on active service.