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John Norman not only works to maintain his own business at JNE Aircraft Restoration Services in
Burlington, Washington, but he is also an inspector on the Boeing 787 ‘Dreamliner’ production line in
Everett, Washington – where he works at least 40 hours each week.
John began the restoration of AM 274 in 2003 knowing it would have to be completed in his spare
time, working around customer jobs, family requirements, and other commitments that would arise
from time to time. John has no employees or volunteers to help him with the restoration of
AM 274 (though his wife has been seen now and again helping him with parts of the project that simply cannot
be completed by a single individual!) and has been funding the entire project with only his wages ... no
sponsors or loans. This makes for a much slower restoration than one with unlimited funding!
John estimates that AM 274 will be completed to around 65% - 70% original Canadian Car &
Foundry-built Hawker Hurricane. The 25% - 30% loss is due to the massive amount of wood and
fabric that must be replaced with new material, as well as the replacement instruments, and
removable cowlings, gun covers, and so on.
John spends a few hours almost every day (outside his normal work hours) and all day most weekends
working on some aspect of the restoration of AM 274. He hopes to be able to obtain
2-ShVAK cannons and 2-Berezin UBT heavy machine guns to enable AM 274 to be completed as
operated by 78IAP in the spring and summer of 1943.
The original plan was to complete AM 274 over about a 10-year period, never realizing at the time,
that 2013 would be the 70th Anniversary of the operation and loss of AM 274 in the Arctic Circle in
Northern Russia.
AM 274 is now registered with the FAA as N274JW.
John's intention is to complete the restoration of AM 274 in the same configuration and color scheme
that it last operated in ... as a lend-lease, Soviet Operated, Hawker Hurricane of 78IAP operating in
the Arctic North. John has chosen to paint the aircraft with the tactical number 23.
We hope you will check this site regularly to follow the progress of our restoration.
*Special thanks to Mark Sheppard for his time and expertise in researching more of the
details listed in this 'history' of the Hawker Hurricane AM 274.
We also extend a special thanks to the individuals Mark was in contact with who assisted him
in obtaining actual records, and other information which proved most helpful in confirming
the details listed in these pages:
*Jerry Vernon,
*Norm Malayney,
*Dr. Jon Leake,
*Rune Rautio,
*Andreas Brekken,
*Kari Lamppio,
*Peter Kirk, and
*Alan Thomas (of the Air Historical Branch), as well as
*Kjetil Aakra for his Hawker Hurricane profile shown below.
Burlington, Washington, but he is also an inspector on the Boeing 787 ‘Dreamliner’ production line in
Everett, Washington – where he works at least 40 hours each week.
John began the restoration of AM 274 in 2003 knowing it would have to be completed in his spare
time, working around customer jobs, family requirements, and other commitments that would arise
from time to time. John has no employees or volunteers to help him with the restoration of
AM 274 (though his wife has been seen now and again helping him with parts of the project that simply cannot
be completed by a single individual!) and has been funding the entire project with only his wages ... no
sponsors or loans. This makes for a much slower restoration than one with unlimited funding!
John estimates that AM 274 will be completed to around 65% - 70% original Canadian Car &
Foundry-built Hawker Hurricane. The 25% - 30% loss is due to the massive amount of wood and
fabric that must be replaced with new material, as well as the replacement instruments, and
removable cowlings, gun covers, and so on.
John spends a few hours almost every day (outside his normal work hours) and all day most weekends
working on some aspect of the restoration of AM 274. He hopes to be able to obtain
2-ShVAK cannons and 2-Berezin UBT heavy machine guns to enable AM 274 to be completed as
operated by 78IAP in the spring and summer of 1943.
The original plan was to complete AM 274 over about a 10-year period, never realizing at the time,
that 2013 would be the 70th Anniversary of the operation and loss of AM 274 in the Arctic Circle in
Northern Russia.
AM 274 is now registered with the FAA as N274JW.
John's intention is to complete the restoration of AM 274 in the same configuration and color scheme
that it last operated in ... as a lend-lease, Soviet Operated, Hawker Hurricane of 78IAP operating in
the Arctic North. John has chosen to paint the aircraft with the tactical number 23.
We hope you will check this site regularly to follow the progress of our restoration.
*Special thanks to Mark Sheppard for his time and expertise in researching more of the
details listed in this 'history' of the Hawker Hurricane AM 274.
We also extend a special thanks to the individuals Mark was in contact with who assisted him
in obtaining actual records, and other information which proved most helpful in confirming
the details listed in these pages:
*Jerry Vernon,
*Norm Malayney,
*Dr. Jon Leake,
*Rune Rautio,
*Andreas Brekken,
*Kari Lamppio,
*Peter Kirk, and
*Alan Thomas (of the Air Historical Branch), as well as
*Kjetil Aakra for his Hawker Hurricane profile shown below.
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