The Hawker Typhoon is a British single-seat fighter-bomber, produced by Hawker Aircraft. It was intended to be a medium-high altitude interceptor, as a...
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Tempest, originally known as the Typhoon II, was an improved derivative of the Hawker Typhoon, intended to address the Typhoon's unexpected deterioration in...
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engine continued into production as the Hawker Typhoon. Shortly after the Hawker Hurricane entered service, Hawker began work on its eventual successor having...
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first operational aircraft to be powered by the Sabre were the Hawker Typhoon and Hawker Tempest; the first aircraft powered by the Sabre was the Napier-Heston...
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Sydney Camm (section Typhoon)
mainstays of the RAF in the Second World War including the Hawker Hurricane, Hawker Typhoon and Hawker Tempest. "Camm had a one-tracked mind – his aircraft...
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Hawker Typhoon Preservation Group is a UK-based charity with an aim of restoring a Hawker Typhoon (serial RB396) to airworthy condition. Deployed as a...
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as heritage and racing aircraft. The Hawker Fury was an evolutionary successor to the successful Hawker Typhoon and Tempest fighters and fighter-bombers...
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Operation Jericho (section Hawker Typhoons)
of the mission. Each Mosquito squadron was to have an escort of one Hawker Typhoon squadron, 174 Squadron and 245 Squadron from RAF Westhampnett and a...
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The Eurofighter Typhoon is a European multinational twin-engine, supersonic, canard delta wing, multirole fighter. The Typhoon was designed originally...
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Supermarine Spitfire used the Coffman system as a starter. The Hawker Typhoon and Hawker Tempest also used the Coffman system to start their Napier Sabre...
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Pacific Theatre.) Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIE & IV: (Desert Air Force, RAF Second Tactical Air Force, SEAC.) Hawker Tempest Hawker Typhoon Mk. Ib: (2 TAF.)...
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refer to: Typhoon-class submarine in the Soviet and Russian navies Eurofighter Typhoon, a European-designed multirole combat aircraft Hawker Typhoon, a British...
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Roland Beamont (section Typhoon)
sorties. He also spent several months as a Hawker Aircraft experimental test pilot developing the Hawker Typhoon and Tempest, and was responsible for introducing...
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fighter-bomber role. Notable examples include the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, Hawker Typhoon and Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. Various bombing tactics and techniques...
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British military aircraft, such as the Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane, and Hawker Typhoon. During the 1980s and 1990s, the firm decided to increasingly...
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were supplemented by an allocation of Hawker Typhoon FR IBs, a photo-reconnaissance version of the Hawker Typhoon fighter-bomber. On 18 November 1944,...
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re-equipped with the Hawker Typhoon for fighter-bomber and anti-shipping strikes. It re-equipped in March 1944 with the new Hawker Tempest fighter, operating...
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Frederick Page (section Hawker Typhoon and Tempest)
graduating in 1938 he joined Hawker Aircraft at Kingston upon Thames working under Sydney Camm. As his career at Hawkers developed he was increasingly...
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replaced him was strafed by another Typhoon a few minutes later and seriously wounded. Around the same time, a Hawker Typhoon attacked the Cannon Company of...
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No. 263 Squadron RAF (section Hawker Typhoon)
trawlers); sea convoy escort; and bomber escort. Like the Whirlwind, the Hawker Typhoon 1B was a fighter bomber or strike fighter. Although only powered by...
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"Typhoon" name adopted, announced as strictly for export contracts. There is some controversy as the last aircraft to bear the name was the Hawker Typhoon...
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The List of Hawker Typhoon operators lists the countries and their air force units that have operated the aircraft: Royal Australian Air Force No. 451...
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Ju 87 Stuka, Hawker Siddeley Harrier, and Focke-Wulf Fw 190. The last to be released were the de Havilland Mosquito and the Hawker Typhoon. An earlier...
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night fighting role it soon became a day fighter squadron, operating Hawker Typhoon fighters. From late 1942 to early 1943, it was tasked with intercepting...
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No. 1 Squadron RAF (section Typhoon)
(1920–1927) Armstrong Whitworth Siskin (1927–1933) Hawker Fury (1933–1937) Hawker Hurricane (1937–1943) Hawker Typhoon (1943–1944) Supermarine Spitfire (1944–1950)...
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The Hawker Hurricane was a British single-seat fighter aircraft designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft. Some models were built in Canada by...
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and era Grumman F6F Hellcat Vought F4U Corsair Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Hawker Typhoon Hawker Tempest Mitsubishi A7M North American P-51 Mustang Related lists...
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the Ministry of Aircraft Production of Napier Sabre engines to the Hawker Typhoon caused it to be redesigned with an alternative engine as a strike fighter...
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England. Constructed in 1943 it was used from April 1944 as a base for Hawker Typhoon fighter-bomber squadrons of No. 146 Wing of the 2nd Tactical Air Force...
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