{"id":1604180,"date":"2025-11-27T16:24:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T15:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/?p=1604180"},"modified":"2025-11-27T16:56:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T15:56:20","slug":"hawker-hurricane-v6864-dt-a-r-r-s-tucks-hurricane-in-two-distinct-schemes-40015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/blog\/2025\/11\/27\/hawker-hurricane-v6864-dt-a-r-r-s-tucks-hurricane-in-two-distinct-schemes-40015\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawker Hurricane V6864 \u201cDT-A\u201d \u2014 R.R.S. Tuck\u2019s Hurricane in Two Distinct Schemes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane V6864 is one of the most interesting aircraft of No. 257 Squadron RAF \u2014 not because its story ends with a spectacular combat episode, but because it represents two distinct RAF camouflage periods and was one of several Hurricanes flown by Robert Stanford Tuck. Tuck scored two aerial victories on V6864 before he was transferred to a new aircraft, Hurricane Mk IIc FM-A, in April 1941.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Service Timeline of Hurricane V6864<\/h3>\n<p>The aircraft was manufactured in September or early October 1940 by Gloster Aircraft Company under contract no. 85730\/40\/C.23a. Its service history was as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>5.10.1940<\/strong> \u2013 delivered to No. 15 Maintenance Unit<\/li>\n<li><strong>13.10.1940<\/strong> \u2013 transferred to No. 257 Squadron RAF \u2013 receives the squadron code \u201cDT-A\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>October\u2013November 1940<\/strong> \u2013 operational flights at the closing stage of the Battle of Britain<\/li>\n<li><strong>10.07.1941<\/strong> \u2013 transferred to 43 Group Delivery Association<\/li>\n<li><strong>08.09.1941<\/strong> \u2013 transferred to No. 56 Operational Training Unit (OTU)<\/li>\n<li><strong>24.11.1941<\/strong> \u2013 mid-air collision with Manchester R5792, Sgt G.A. Johnstone killed<\/li>\n<li><strong>01.12.1941<\/strong> \u2013 struck off charge (SOC) from RAF inventory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>257 Squadron and the Role of V6864<\/h3>\n<p>Hurricane V6864 joined No. 257 Squadron on 13 October 1940. At that time, the squadron had just emerged from the heaviest fighting of the Battle of Britain, yet it remained fully engaged in intercepting night raids conducted by the Luftwaffe. The unit was then commanded by Robert Stanford Tuck. V6864 was one of the Hurricanes he flew operationally and on which he scored two confirmed victories.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about Tuck in the article by Grzegorz Cieliszak published on our blog \u2014 see the link below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"awK0UszTk6\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/blog\/2023\/07\/28\/r-r-s-t-or-robert-ronald-stanford-tuck-1916-1987\/\">R.R.S.T., czyli Ronald Robert Stanford Tuck 1916-1987<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;R.R.S.T., czyli Ronald Robert Stanford Tuck 1916-1987&#8221; &#8212; Arma Hobby - blog firmowy\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/blog\/2023\/07\/28\/r-r-s-t-or-robert-ronald-stanford-tuck-1916-1987\/embed\/#?secret=B5TnBt63ab#?secret=awK0UszTk6\" data-secret=\"awK0UszTk6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Two Looks of \u201cDT-A\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>Hurricane V6864 \u201cDT-A\u201d appeared in No. 257 Squadron in two distinct paint schemes and markings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/400015_Hurricane-Mk-I_instrukcja-12.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1603804 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/400015_Hurricane-Mk-I_instrukcja-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"1202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/400015_Hurricane-Mk-I_instrukcja-12.jpg 850w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/400015_Hurricane-Mk-I_instrukcja-12-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/400015_Hurricane-Mk-I_instrukcja-12-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/400015_Hurricane-Mk-I_instrukcja-12-768x1086.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>1. Battle of Britain Scheme (October 1940)<\/h4>\n<p>The aircraft was delivered to the squadron brand-new as part of Gloster\u2019s third production batch. It carried a Rotol propeller with a spinner type also used on the Spitfire. The factory paint scheme followed RAF regulations from the final phase of the Battle of Britain:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Temperate Land Scheme<\/strong> camouflage: Dark Earth + Dark Green on upper and side surfaces,<\/li>\n<li>undersides painted <strong>Sky Type S<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li>factory-applied Type A underwing roundels (introduced in August 1940),<\/li>\n<li>spinner painted <strong>black<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li>squadron codes <strong>DT-A<\/strong> in Sea Grey Medium.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the port side under the cockpit were victory markings in the form of white swastikas. On the starboard side of the fuselage there was a donor inscription and the flag \u201cBurma\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/400015_Hurricane-Mk-I_instrukcja-9.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1603798 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/400015_Hurricane-Mk-I_instrukcja-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"1202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/400015_Hurricane-Mk-I_instrukcja-9.jpg 850w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/400015_Hurricane-Mk-I_instrukcja-9-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/400015_Hurricane-Mk-I_instrukcja-9-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/400015_Hurricane-Mk-I_instrukcja-9-768x1086.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>2. Later Scheme (December 1940 \u2013 early 1941)<\/h4>\n<p>At the end of November 1940, quick-recognition elements were added to the aircraft:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the port wing was repainted <strong>black<\/strong> and carried a Type A1 roundel with a thin yellow ring,<\/li>\n<li>a fuselage recognition band in <strong>sky blue \/ duck egg blue<\/strong> was applied, covering the original serial number, which was then reapplied in smaller letters under the tailplane.<\/li>\n<li>a two-tone spinner: the rear section most likely in sky blue \/ duck egg blue, the front darker and worn back to black. It was widely interpreted as a red-front\/white-rear spinner, but photographs clearly show the rear section darker than white, and the front blurred due to rotation \u2014 most likely the front segment had simply lost its Sky paint layer. Modellers may choose their preferred interpretation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By the time the December 1940 photographs were taken, two additional white swastikas had been added to the victory markings. On the starboard fuselage side, the \u201cBurma\u201d donor inscription was also present.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1604180 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/wikiCH1927.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/wikiCH1927-300x228.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/wikiCH1927-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/wikiCH1927-768x583.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/wikiCH1927-610x463.jpg 610w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/wikiCH1927.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/zdjecie-1.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/zdjecie-1-300x210.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/zdjecie-1-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/zdjecie-1-768x539.png 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/zdjecie-1-610x428.png 610w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/zdjecie-1.png 961w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/wikiCH1934.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/wikiCH1934-300x228.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/wikiCH1934-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/wikiCH1934-1024x778.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/wikiCH1934-768x584.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/wikiCH1934-1536x1167.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/wikiCH1934-2048x1556.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/wikiCH1934-610x464.jpg 610w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/wikiCH1934-1080x821.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/wikiCH1928a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/wikiCH1928a-300x157.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/wikiCH1928a-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/wikiCH1928a-610x318.jpg 610w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/wikiCH1928a.jpg 646w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><em><br \/>\nWhat stands out in the photographs is the irregular boundary between the colours on the spinner and the uneven surface of its front section. This does not look like a carefully painted personal marking, but rather paint flaking caused by a poorly adhering layer of Sky applied shortly before the photographs were taken. The issue did not affect only Tuck\u2019s aircraft \u2014 in the background of the third and fourth photos another machine with a dark spinner front can be observed.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Final Service Period<\/h3>\n<p>After July 1941, V6864 was transferred to the 43 Group Deposit Account (a pool of aircraft temporarily removed from squadron strength when in transit or awaiting repair). In September 1941 it was passed to No. 56 OTU.<\/p>\n<p>On 24 November 1941 the Hurricane collided in mid-air with Manchester R5792 and crashed near Sutton Bridge. The pilot, Sgt G.A. Johnstone, was killed.<\/p>\n<h3>See also:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.armahobby.pl\/40015-hurricane-mk-i-1-48.html?hash=4124d1af9a7ea1f5bece2c836dcc1e82\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1603366 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/40015-web-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/40015-web-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/40015-web-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/40015-web-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/40015-web-610x420.jpg 610w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/40015-web-1080x744.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/40015-web.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.armahobby.pl\/40015-hurricane-mk-i-1-48.html?hash=4124d1af9a7ea1f5bece2c836dcc1e82\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1603744\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/40015-decals-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/40015-decals-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/40015-decals-1024x741.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/40015-decals-768x556.jpg 768w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/40015-decals-610x441.jpg 610w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/40015-decals-1080x781.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/40015-decals.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 View the Hurricane Mk I model in our store: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armahobby.pl\/40015-hurricane-mk-i-1-48.html?hash=4124d1af9a7ea1f5bece2c836dcc1e82\">link<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"9JgJ0RKv89\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/blog\/2025\/10\/18\/40015-three-hurricanes-from-the-premiere-1-48-box-and-there-are-four-paint-schemes\/\">Trzy Hurricane\u2019y z premierowego pude\u0142ka 1\/48\u2026 a malowania s\u0105 cztery!<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Trzy Hurricane\u2019y z premierowego pude\u0142ka 1\/48\u2026 a malowania s\u0105 cztery!&#8221; &#8212; Arma Hobby - blog firmowy\" src=\"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/blog\/2025\/10\/18\/40015-three-hurricanes-from-the-premiere-1-48-box-and-there-are-four-paint-schemes\/embed\/#?secret=Y01S8hBVqI#?secret=9JgJ0RKv89\" data-secret=\"9JgJ0RKv89\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane V6864 is one of the most interesting aircraft of No. 257 Squadron RAF \u2014 not because its story ends with a spectacular combat episode, but because it represents two distinct RAF camouflage periods and was one of several Hurricanes flown by Robert Stanford Tuck. 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