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Typhoon and Tempest Aces of World War 2 Chris Thomas

Typhoon and Tempest Aces of World War 2 By Chris Thomas

Typhoon and Tempest Aces of World War 2 by Chris Thomas


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Summary

Originally designed as an interceptor, Hawker's mighty Typhoon made a name for itself in the ground attack role. The follow-on Tempest V destroyed 638 V1s and 20 Me 262s in the final year of the war. This volume includes many scale drawings, archival photographs and interviews with leading Aces.

Typhoon and Tempest Aces of World War 2 Summary

Typhoon and Tempest Aces of World War 2 by Chris Thomas

Hawker Typhoon and Tempest two aircraft types with widely differing reputations. The former was a technical nightmare redeemed as a ground attack machine, whilst the latter proved to be the most superlative low and medium level fighter to see service with the RAF, and arguably any air force, during the latter stages of World War 2. With 246 enemy aircraft destroyed by the Typhoon and 239 by the Tempest, over 40 aces flew one or both types in combat, and men like 'Foob' Fairbanks and Johnny Baldwin attained double-figure scores with the Hawker fighters.

About Chris Thomas

Son of a Typhoon pilot, Chris Thomas is arguably Britain's best authority on the Typhoon/Tempest family, having served as Air Britain's specialist on the type for over two decades. Based in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, Chris Davey has illustrated more than 20 titles for Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces, Combat Aircraft and Aviation Elite Units series since 1994. He is one of the last traditional airbrush artists in the business and has become Osprey's artist of choice for both USAAF fighters and RAF subjects, proving his undoubted skill when dealing with large aircraft subjects such as the Halifax and Sunderland.

Table of Contents

Introduction/Into Service and Out?/Jabo Hunters/'Rhubarbs' and 'Rangers'/D-Day and 'Divers'/Holland/Final Battles/Top Scorers/Appendices

Additional information

GOR001952754
9781855327795
1855327791
Typhoon and Tempest Aces of World War 2 by Chris Thomas
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
19990915
96
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