How fast is a World War 2 Hawker Hurricane?

Despite the glamour and glory heaped on the Supermarine Spitfire during the Battle of Britain, the air defense over southern England depended primarily on RAF flyers in Hawker Hurricanes, who accounted for 60% of the German planes downed.

As with most of the successful British fighters, the Hurricane was fitted with an early variant of the Excellent Rolls-Royce Merlin V-12 engine. The XX Merlin, which yielded 1,185 hp, gave the Hurricane Mk. IIC a top speed of 340 mph.