Hawker Typhoon

Hawker Typhoon
Tip	Avion de vânătoare-bombardament
Țară de origine	Marea Britanie
Constructor	Hawker-Siddeley Aircraft
Proiectat de	Sydney Camm
Zbor inaugural	4 februarie 1940
Introdus	1941
Retras	1945
Beneficiar principal	Marea Britanie
Bucăți fabricate	3 317
Variante	Hawker Tornado Hawker Tempest Hawker Sea Fury

Hawker Typhoon

Hawker Typhoon a fost un avion de vânătoare-bombardament britanic monoloc în cel de Al Doilea Război Mondial, proiectat ca avion de interceptare de altitudine mediu-înaltă și înlocuitor direct al Hawker Hurricane. De la bun început au fost niște probleme de proiectare pe care producătorii Typhoon-ului nu a reușit niciodată să le rezolve.^[1]

În 1941 Luftwaffe a introdus în serviciu formidabilul Focke-Wulf Fw 190, Typhoon fiind singurul avion în inventarul RAF-ului capabil să-l intercepteze la joasă altitudine ^[2] stabilindu-și sie însuși rolul de avion de interceptare la joasă înălțime.

Referințe

Note

Citări

1. Thomas and Shores 1988, p. 16.
2. Thomas and Shores 1988, pp. 35–36.

Bibliografie

• Air Ministry. Pilot's Notes for Typhoon Marks IA and IB; Sabre II or IIA engine (2nd edition). London: Crecy Publications, 2004. ISBN 0-85979-033-9
• Bentley, Arthur L. "Typhoon (article and drawings)." Arhivat în 9 februarie 2012, la Wayback Machine. Scale Models Magazine Vol. 6 No. 74, November 1975.
• Darlow, Stephen. Victory Fighters: The Veterans' Story. London: Bounty Books, 2005. ISBN 978-0-7537-1559-8.
• Grey, Peter and Sebastian Cox. Air Power: Turning Points from Kittyhawk to Kosovo. London: Frank Class Publishers, 2002. ISBN 0-7146-8257-8.
• Mason, Francis K. Hawker Aircraft Since 1920 (3rd revised edition). London: Putnam, 1991. ISBN 0-85177-839-9.
• Scott, Desmond. Typhoon Pilot. London: Leo Cooper, 1992. ISBN 0-43644-428-3.
• Shores, Christopher and Chris Thomas. Second Tactical Air Force Volume One. Spartan to Normandy, June 1943 to June 1944. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing Ltd., 2004. ISBN 1-903223-40-7.
• Shores, Christopher and Chris Thomas. Second Tactical Air Force Volume Two. Breakout to Bodenplatte, July 1944 to January 1945. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing Ltd., 2005. ISBN 1-903223-41-5.
• Shores, Christopher and Chris Thomas. Second Tactical Air Force Volume Three. From the Rhine to Victory, January to May 1945. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing Ltd., 2006. ISBN 1-903223-60-1.
• Shores, Christopher and Chris Thomas. Second Tactical Air Force Volume Four. Squadrons, Camouflage and Markings, Weapons and Tactics. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing Ltd., 2008. ISBN 1-906537-01-2
• Sortehaug, Paul. The Wild Winds, The History of Number 486 RNZAF Fighter Squadron with the RAF. Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press, 1998. ISBN 1-877139-09-2.
• Thomas, Chris. Hawker Typhoon (Warpaint Series No. 5). Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire, UK: Hall Park Books Ltd., 2000. ISBN AZ0459.
• Thomas, Chris. Typhoon Wings of 2nd TAF 1943-45. Botley, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2010. ISBN 1-84603-973-7
• Thomas, Chris. Typhoon and Tempest Aces of World War 2. Botley, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-85532-779-1.
• Thomas, Chris and Christopher Shores. The Typhoon and Tempest Story. London: Arms and Armour Press, 1988. ISBN 0-85368-878-6.

Legături externe

• Official 137 Squadron Detail
• 197 Typhoon Squadron Homepage
• 198 Squadron Official
• The Unofficial Homepage of 439 Tiger Squadron
• Photo archive of Typhoons
• „Flying the Typhoon”, Flight, 13 aprilie 1944