Corgi AA35504.(D) Hawker Hurricane Mk IB Royal Navy Z7015/7-L No880 Squadron, HMS Indomitable, Indian Ocean, May 1942 As preserved by the Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Beds

This item has had its limited edition certificate removed The restoration of this Hurricane was progressing slowly until a formal agreement was reached between the Imperial War Museum and the Shuttleworth Collection, which meant that the same team that had restored the Collection's Spitfire would restore Z7015. The renewed restoration started in ernest in February 1986, and led to the first flight of the worlds only Sea Hurricane Ib, in the hands of pilot Andy Sephton, on September 16 1995. Today, this aircraft is a frequent performer with the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden, Bedfordshire. It is registered G-BKTH but carries its military Fleet Ait Arm colours as Z7015 coded '7-L' of No.880 Sqn. HMS Indomitable in the Indian Ocean, during Operation Ironclad - the invasion of Madagascar - in May 1942