num_pages: 245
description: The Hawker Typhoon was the epitome of ground-attack aircraft during the Second World War.Originally intended to be a replacement for The Hurricane The Hawker Typhoon entered service with the RAF during 1941. However in the role of an interceptor fighter it proved calamitous. Rushed development of the airframe led to structural and engine failures; it was withdrawn from duty and confined to low-level flying.In the role of a ground-attack fighter however the Hawker Typhoon triumphed and over 3000 models were built equipping 32 RAF Squadrons in active service around the world. Armed with rockets 1000lb bombs and four 20mm cannons it played a leading role in smashing Hitlers defending Panzer Divisions and wrought havoc with enemy road and rail communications as the Nazis struggled in the death throes of the Reich.Collecting first-hand accounts from operational pilots across RAF Squadrons Richard Townshend Bickers leads us through the origins development and operations of this formidable ground-attack fighter.A valuable history of the air war that began it all by an ex-flyer of the Second World War who has a genuine feeling for the feats of his predecessors - The Birmingham PostHis sympathy with the fighting man (and woman) shines out of every page - Liverpool Daily PostRichard Townshend Bickers volunteered for the RAF on the outbreak of the second world war and served with a Permanent Commission for eighteen years. He wrote a range of military fiction and non-fiction books including Torpedo Attack My Enemy Came Nigh Bombing Run and Summer of No Surrender.
language: English
title: Hawker Typhoon: The Combat History
publisher: Endeavour Press