Description

Hawker's charismatic Tempest V entered RAF service just in time to be the most successful counter to the V1 flying bomb assault on southern England in the summer of 1944. With more than 800 of the robot missiles to its credit, Tempest V units then crossed the Channel to lock horns with the best the Luftwaffe had to offer--Fw 190D-9s, Ta 152s, Me 262s, and Bf 109G/Ks--achieving an impressive kill/loss ratio in aerial combat.

With incredibly detailed aircraft profiles and exciting combat reports this title covers the full history of Tempest squadrons, from their initial design and combat experience in World War II through to their post-war role, and the eventual decline of this iconic British fighter.

Table of Contents

Into Service /Tempest versus the 'Flak Target Apparatus' /Tempest Joins 'Second TAF' /To India /Cold War Fighter-Bomber /Tempest VI – Middle East Fighter-Bomber /Firedog and Farewell /Appendices /Colour Plates Commentary /Index

Product details

Published Nov 22 2016
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781472814548
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 80 b/w; 30 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Combat Aircraft
Short code COM 117
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Cover illustrator

Mark Postlethwaite

Mark Postlethwaite was born in Leicestershire in 1…

Illustrator

Chris Thomas

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