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The Hawker Typhoon is a British single-seat fighter-bomber, ... In 1941, the Spitfire Mk Vs, which equipped the bulk of Fighter Command squadrons, ...
The Typhoon's wing, which used a NACA 4 digit series wing section, had a maximum thickness-to-chord ratio of 19.5 per cent (root) to 12 per cent (tip), [5] in comparison to the Supermarine Spitfire's 13.2 per cent tapering to 6 per cent at the tip, the thinner design being deliberately chosen to reduce drag.
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC and IV; Hawker Tempest Mk V Srs I; Hawker Typhoon Mk IB; Martin-Baker MB 3—prototype; North American Mustang IA; Supermarine Spitfire Marks V to Mark 20; The maritime reconncaisance Avro Shackleton carried two Hispano Mk. V in the nose The short barrel Mk.V was used in most early British jet fighters, like this Vampire ...
The 324 and 327 had conventional tractor engines, while the 325 had a pusher engine. Two designs from Hawker which led to the Hawker Typhoon and Hawker Tornado were selected. The Type 327 was considered for a while as it offered cannon armament but the Whirlwind, the Bristol Beaufighter and Gloster F.9/37 were already in development. [61]
At low altitude it was one of the fastest aircraft in the world; in one speed trial, held at Farnborough in July 1942 DP485 (now referred to as the Mk XII) piloted by Jeffrey Quill raced ahead of a Hawker Typhoon and a captured Focke-Wulf Fw 190, contrary to expectations. On reflection the general scheme became clear.
Spitfire R6915, Imperial War Museum (2005) In spring 1942 the squadron moved to RAF Duxford and re-equipped with the Spitfire Mk V. The squadron soon began to replace these with the Hawker Typhoon, which was introduced in an attempt to counter the Luftwaffe's Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter. It became apparent that the Typhoon was better suited for ...
On 1 May the squadron lost two more Spitfires to JG 2 over Le Havre while, on 1 June 1942, when a section of 401 intercepted and shot down two Hawker Typhoon fighters of No. 56 Squadron, one pilot was killed. In June the squadron received some of the first Mark IX Spitfires, capable of taking on the Focke Wulf Fw 190A on more or less equal terms.
Hawker offered a variant of the Hurricane, the Supermarine Type 312 was a variant of the company's Spitfire [b] and the Supermarine Type 313 a twin-engined (Rolls-Royce Goshawk or Hispano 12Y) design with four guns in the nose and potentially a further two firing through the propeller hubs if the 12T was used, the Westland P.9 had two Rolls ...