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An RAF Hurricane night fighter sets out on a dusk patrol in 1942. This depicts Hurricane Mk IIc BE634, coded ZY-V with 247 Squadron, which was based at the time in Exeter in Devon.

My picture was commissioned to accompany an article in the RAF Memorial Flight Club 2020 Yearbook. The flight's Hurricane PZ865 is being transformed to represent this aircraft - including having night flying ‘blinkers’ installed above the engine exhaust stacks, as shown here. These were fitted to wartime night fighters in an attempt to avoid the bright exhaust flames ruining the pilot's night vision.

Photographer and digital artist based in the UK. Landscapes, cityscapes and seascapes - and photographically crafted aviation scenes under the Flight Artworks banner: catch up on Facebook or on Instagram. Please contact me or visit my website, flightartworks.com if you would like to license my photos, although a growing range is available via Alamy. Discussions about how my pictures are made are in my blog, Aerial Combat. On Instagram also at @gary.eason. On Twitter @flightartworks and @garyeason. CHANGES: As part of a constant quality improvement process please note that I review and sometimes replace or remove earlier works. COPYRIGHT NOTICE: Please respect the considerable time, effort and investment in equipment that goes...