Hawker Hurricane - Mk.I P2902

She first flew on or around the 20th Oct 1939. By May 1940 P2902 was operational with 245 Fighter Squadron based at Drem on the East Coast of Scotland engaged on shipping protection patrols.
On the 31 May 1940, carrying the code DX and the individual code R for Robert was piloted by Pilot Officer Kenneth McGlashan.
Heading for the French coast to provide cover for the armada of small ships collecting thousands of Allied troops trapped on the shore as the Germans swept across Northern France towards the Channel, he engaged and was hit by fire from a Messerschmitt 109. The badly injured pilot managed to bring the damaged aircraft down to crash land on a beach in Dunkirk, where it remained until recovered by French enthusiasts in 1988.