Does the Hurricane catch fire?

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Originally Posted by Les

I know the subject was combat damage, but if you want to see how easily the Hurricane burns, blow up one of those large storage tanks scattered about the main map and fly through the flames. Just one pass can start a small fire that will quickly destroy the whole plane.

yes, I can confirm this! A Hurri is a TURN&BURN-Fighter, while a 109 is not

Hurri aussen Feuer.jpg
Bf109 innen vor Feuer.jpg
Bf109 ausssen Feuer.jpg

I set quickly up in the fmb a mission for testing this.
After, I did some dogfighting: 8 kills, but not one of the Hurris went down in flames! Like I said before, it is more rarely, than it happens often.