... According to the museum's website, none of the Mk.XII's had spinners ---
Robert: I think that statement applies only to the RCAF contract for 400 spinnerless Mk.XIIs which followed the completion of British Mk.XII orders. The British XIIs did have spinners (witness that famous photo of
Sea Hurricane XIIA JS327 of 804 NAS after crash-landing on the beach at Oran) ... although there are those who insist that any CCF
Hurricane shipped across The Pond automatically becomes a Mk.IIA [1]
To confuse matters is the fact that some RCAF Mk.Xs were later re-engined with
Merlin 29s to become Mk.XIIs ... but they retained their original HamStan props complete with spinners.
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[1] That seems to stem from British-made engines being fitted. CCF Mk.Xs sent to Britain had their Packard
Merlin 28s removed and replaced with British-made engines. AFAIK, all of the exported Mk.XIIs and Mk.XIIAs lacked engines. So, if fitted with Merlin XXs in Britain, they would have been seen as Mk.IIs ... and fitting spinners would have been no problem.
