"The Military Aeronautics of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, (the VV), firstly, between December 1938 and February 1940, purchased in Great Britain 24 planes Hawker Hurricane Mk I, and in mean time Yugoslavia started building under ransomed license series of Mk I variant aircraft, manufacture entrusted to the indigenous aircraft factories "Zmaj”, (of ordered 60, until the beginning of war 1941, delivered 24), and ,”Rogožarski”, (of ordered 40 in April in factory’s plants, on production line, 24 uncompleted), at a common price of 2.038.000 dinars, a piece. In the beginning of March 1941 took off unique Yugoslav modification of Hurricane, designated LTV 1, (Lovac Vazduhoplovno Tehnički – the Aeronautical Technical Fighter, according the name of the technical section of the VV Command, responsible for the Hurricane modification). Instead of Rolls-Royce Merlin the Hurricane LVT 1 had a German Daimler Benz DB 601 engine, (a standard power plant of the Messerschmitt Bf 109E), significantly improving plane’s characteristics. On the eve of April War 1941, in the VVKJ units, in composition of the 2nd and 4th Fighter Regiments, were 35 operative Hawker Hurricanes
Exhibited aircraft by the end of the W.W.II was in composition of the BAF No.351Y Squadron, formed on 1st July 1944at Benina airfield in North Africa, and introducing of Hurricane Mk IVRP planes to unit started on 11th September 1944. After completing combat training (including firing and rocket launching), the unit moved to Italy, to the Cane airfield, off which took off on the first combat task on 14th October 1944, and, moving later to airfields on the island Vis and at Zadar (Prkos and Škabrnje), continued supporting closing operations of liberation the country, performing 971 combat flights. After the W.W.II Hurricane were utilized in the Yugoslav Air Force until 18th Augusta 1952, when were withdrawn from operative service.
The plane in the Air Museum’s collection, (c/n 20925), was built 1943. In Yugoslav Air Force got serial 9539, and after withdrawal from service was allotted to the Military Museum, and in 1961 handed over to the Aeronautical Museum."
