In 1938, a man named Hawker, who was in charge of Hawker Aircraft-UK, built a plane, the Hawker Tornado, to destroy long range escort fighters in the United Kingdom. It was a prototype fighter. The plane itself was made of steel tubing and fabric. The maximum speed was 398 mph! More than 500 Hawker Tornados were created by Hawker Aircraft. The Tornado had a chin type radiator. The plane was made to look simple to fool the enemy. That was the history of this important plane, the Hawker Tornado.