[3] The Fury I made its maiden flight at Brooklands, with chief test pilot George Bulman at the controls, on 25 March 1931.

It was designed partly for the fast interception of bombers and to that end it could climb to 10,000 ft (3,000 m) in 4 minutes 25 seconds, powered by a 525 hp (391 kW) Kestrel engine.

[2] Furies remained with RAF Fighter Command until January 1939, replaced primarily with Gloster Gladiators and other types, such as Hurricane.

The Spanish variant had a cantilever undercarriage design with Dowty internally sprung wheels, similar to that used on the Gladiator and was powered by a 612 hp (456 kW) Hispano Suiza 12Xbr engine, reaching a speed of 234 mph (377 km/h).

They were taken into service by the Spanish Republican Air Force, being fitted with machine guns salvaged from crashed aircraft.

The commanding officer of the 36 LG was Major Franjo Džal, who watched from the ground as his men were slaughtered in their obsolete biplanes.

[16] A total of 262 Furies were produced, of which 22 served in Persia, three in Portugal, at least 30 in South Africa, three in Spain, at least 30 in Yugoslavia and the remainder in the United Kingdom.

[citation needed] A Hawker Fury Mk.I, serial number K5674, is owned by the Historical Aircraft Collection and based at the Imperial War Museum Duxford in the United Kingdom.

A Hawker Fury Mk.I, serial number K1928, is being restored at Little Gransden Airfield to static display by the Cambridge Bomber and Fighter Society.

[27] Data from The British Fighter since 1912[30]General characteristics Performance Armament Related development Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era