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Adolf Galland once described the Hurricane as "a beautiful plane to shoot down". In spite of this Hurricanes destroyed more Lw aircraft during the Batte of Britain than all the other defences put together.
What would have been the effects on the first two years of World War Two if the Hawker Hurricane had never been designed? POD: H.G. Hawker Engineering is not founded in the aftermath of the collapse of Sopwith, and the various parties go their separate ways.
Where would this have left fighter command during the Battles of France and Britain?
Given the production difficulties with the Spitfire it would have been impossible to build more Spitfires earlier. Which fighters would have been sent to France to support the AASF? And (given that France collapses as OTL) what would Fighter Command have had to face the Luftwaffe in the BoB? Merlin engined Gladiators? A mixed bag of imported American fighters? Some development of the Bristol Type 146?
What effects could this have had on the performance of FC in 1940? What could the wider political ramifications have been?