Hawker FK-1 FuryIn 1943 the US Navy was looking for a successor to the F6F Hellcat. Primary candidate was the Grumman F8F Bearcat but Hawker Aircraft from the United Kingdom proposed the new Sea Fury fighter to the US Navy.
After a prolonged competition the Hawker design
won out over the Grumman and in October 1944 2000 Furies were ordered,
to be built under licence by De Havilland in Canada.
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