<p>From the adjacent information in the museum:-
</p><p>“This is the engine from a Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft, serial number P3162, flown by Flt Sgt I K J Bidgood which crashed on 2nd June 1941 at Terrington St john, Norfolk, after a mid-air collision with another Hurricane W9114. Both pilots took to their parachutes but neither survived. It would seem that they bailed out too low and their parachutes did not have time to open. Both pilots were Battle of Britain veterans.
</p><p>P3162 had previously served and survived the Battle of Britain with 111, 253, 303 and 71 Squadrons before being delivered to 56 Operational Training Unit at RAF Sutton Bridge, from where it was operating when it crashed“
</p><p>The recovered engine is on display at the Sywell Aviation Museum.
Sywell Aerodrome, Northamptonshire, UK.
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21st May 2017
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/65001151@N03">Alan Wilson</a> from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK
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