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The Hawker Tempest is a British fighter aircraft that was ... Early flights by RAF pilots found the Tempest, unlike the Typhoon, was buffet-free up to and somewhat ...
The List of Hawker Tempest operators lists the counties and their air force units that have operated the aircraft: This transport-related list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
Royal Air Force Newchurch or RAF Newchurch was a temporary Second World War airfield at Newchurch, Kent.It was a base for a Hawker Tempest wing that gave fighter cover over occupied France in the period up to and beyond D-Day and later defended south-east England against attack from V-1 flying bombs.
Hawker Tempest II: United Kingdom: Fighter: 1945 1955 235 [8] Supermarine Spitfire FR.XIVE & FR.XVIII United Kingdom: Fighter/Reconnaissance: 1945 1957 120 [5]
A Hawker Typhoon Mk IB of No. 486 Squadron RAF in flight, 1943 The patrols over the South coast against the Luftwaffe's raids continued into early 1943 and by April, the squadron had achieved 11½ aerial victories, mostly fighter-bombers but also the odd Dornier Do 217 bomber engaged in mine laying missions.
Humble piloting the Hawker Tempest I prototype HM599. Following the outbreak of the Second World War Humble was invited to join Hawker Siddeley's team of test pilots, taking up the role on 10 October 1940. [2] [3] The testing team was led by George Bulman and Philip Lucas. [2]
Hubert Lange, a Me 262 pilot, said: "the Messerschmitt Me 262's most dangerous opponent was the British Hawker Tempest—extremely fast at low altitudes, highly manoeuvrable and heavily armed." [7] Some were destroyed with a tactic known to the Tempest-equipped No. 135 Wing as the "Rat Scramble": [8]
This was the last version to enter service, being used in the Hawker Typhoon and its derivative, the Hawker Tempest. Without the advanced supercharger, the engine's performance over 20,000 ft (6,100 m) fell off rapidly and pilots flying Sabre-powered aircraft, were generally instructed to enter combat only below this altitude.