New Hawker Typhoon Documentary Film

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE WHOLE FILM then please order a copy by sending a request to typhoonpilots@gmail.com and title your email UNSUNG TYPHOON and the number of copies. Format is DVD Pal but I will supply NTSC versions aswell.

The film was made by the grandson of a 181 squadron pilot for the 60th anniversary of the Normandy invasion. Thanks for watching and taking time to learn about the Typhoon Pilots role in the second world war.

The Hawker Typhoon was a British single-seat fighter-bomber, produced by Hawker Aircraft. While the Typhoon was designed to be a medium-high altitude interceptor, and a direct replacement for the Hawker Hurricane, several design problems were encountered, and the Typhoon never completely satisfied this requirement. Other external events in 1940 prolonged the gestation of the Typhoon.

Nicknamed the Tiffy in RAF slang, the Typhoon's service introduction in mid-1941 was also plagued with problems, and for several months the aircraft faced a doubtful future.However, in 1941 the Luftwaffe brought the formidable Focke-Wulf Fw 190 into service: the Typhoon was the only fighter in the RAF inventory capable of catching the Fw 190 at low altitudes and, as a result, secured a new role as a low-altitude interceptor.Through the support of pilots such as Roland Beamont the Typhoon also established itself in roles such as night-time intruder and a long-range fighter. From late 1942 the Typhoon was equipped with bombs; from late 1943 ground attack rockets were added to the Typhoon's armoury. Using these two weapons, the Typhoon became one of the Second World War's most successful ground-attack aircraft.

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[73north]

I have now watced this tonight ( arrived yesterday ) and it absolutely terrific quality

and the great footage and interviews , the vast majority of which I have never seen before , and I have watched and read a huge amount on WW2 , especially on the Hawker Typhoon

( which i made a model of Denis Sweeting's HAWKER TYPHOON Called THE UNINVITED in 1/48 scale - which is online to view at Aircraft Resource Center )

DVD is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED * * * * *

[73north]

I think this is excellent - I have ordered a copy by post yesterday