Raf Dark Green — 6 museum-grade prints in this palette. The Hawker Hurricane accounted for roughly fifty-five percent of RAF Fighter Command victories during the Battle of Britain — a statistic that reframes the Spitfire narrative without diminishing either airframe. Polish No. The Supermarine Spitfire became the symbol of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain, and successive marks traded the early Merlin engine for higher-output Merlin and Griffon installations as the war demanded more speed and altitude. The Mk I's dark green and dark earth scheme, Mk IX ocean grey pairing, and Mk XIV five-blade Griffon propeller are recognisable milestones in that evolution — the kind of detail aviation collectors notice when the panels sit side by side on a wide wall. The Hawker Typhoon became the RAF's primary ground-attack aircraft in the European theatre from 1943 onward, credited with destroying more than 1,500 German vehicles and armour during the Normandy breakout alone. Its four 20 mm Hispano cannon and underwing rocket rails made it the weapon of choice against Tiger and Panther concentrations when Spitfires and Mustangs hunted fighters overhead.