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Roland Bee Beamont
| Wing Commander Roland Bee Beamont CBE DSO DFC DL (deceased) One of World War IIs great characters, Bee flew Hurricanes with 87 Squadron, later leading a Tempest Wing. He had 8 victories plus a further 32 VIs destroyed. After the war he became a highly respected Chief Test Pilot.Wing Commander Roland Beamont, one of the RAFs top buzz bomb interceptors, was born in Enfield England on August 10, 1920. Educated at Eastborne College, Beamont accepted a short service commission with the Royal Air Force in 1938. He commenced flying in 1939 at the the No. 13 Reserve Flying School at White Waltham. His initial duty was with the Group Fighter Pool at St. Athan where he learned to fly the Hurricane. Beamont was soon posted with the No. 87 Squadron which was part of the Advanced Air Striking Force in France. Seeing action in both France and Belgium prior to the Allied withdrawl, Beamont rejoined 87 Squadron in England during the Battle of Britain. In the spring of 1941 Beamont was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross after destroying five enemy aircraft. As Commanding Officer of 609 Squadron, Beamont pioneered both day and night ground attack missions utilizing the Typhoon. Beamont was credited with destroying 25 trains in a three month period. He was then made responsible for organizing and commanding the first Tempest Wing at Newchurch. Three days after D-Day Bearnont shot down an Me-109, marking the first aerial combat victory for the Hawker Tempest. In the summer of 1944 Beamont destroyed 32 buzz bombs prior to leading his wing to a Dutch Airfield at Volkel on the Continent. In October of 1944 Beamont was shot down during a ground attack mission over Germany, and he remained a prisoner of war until wars end. Following repatriation Beamont became an experimental test pilot with the Gloster Aircraft Company, which had developed the RAFs first jet aircraft. Turning down a permanent commission with the RAF, Beamont then joined English Electric Company in Wharton as the Chief Test Pilot for the B3/45 (Canberra) jet bomber program. He managed all prototype testing on the Canberra, and in the process set two Atlantic speed records. Later Beamont was involved with the supersonic P1/Lightning program, and became the first British pilot to fly at twice the speed of sound. From 1965 until 1970 he was a founding member of Britains highly succesful Saudi Arabian export program. For several years prior to his retirement in 1979, Beamont was Director of Operations for British Aerospace and Panavia where he was in charge of flight testing for the Tornado. Since his retirement Beamont has authored nine books, and published numerous magazine articles. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Scociety and an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots in America. He died 19th November 2001. |
Items Signed by Wing Commander Roland Bee Beamont CBE DSO DFC DL (deceased) |
| Typhoon Attack by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | Sqd Ldr Beamont leads the Typhoons of no. 609 Squadron in an attack on heavily armed German shipping in the Channel. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Hurricane Mk.IIC by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £350.00 | Hurricane Mk.IIC Z3971 of 253 Sqn, closing on a Heinkel 111. ...... | |
| 501 Squadron Hurricanes by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £350.00 | Group Captain Byron Duckenfield on patrol in Hurricane P3059 of No.501 Squadron during the Battle of Britain. ...... | |
| Hard Hitter by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £350.00 | Whilst in command of 609 Sqn in January 1944, F/Lt (later Wing Commander) J R Baldwin, leading a small formation of Hawker Typhoon 1Bs, encountered thirty Focke-Wulf Fw190s and engaged them in a furious battle. Nine enemy aircraft were shot down i...... | |
| Tribute to Squadron Leader Derek Ward by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £350.00 | The early months of 1942 saw Sqn Ldr Derek Ward flying several sorties a day, many of them at night with 73 Sqn in the skies above Egypt. He claimed a Heinkel 111 destroyed on 9th February and a Bf.109 just a few days later. Then, on the night of 1s...... |
| Tribute to Flt Lt Ian R Gleed by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £380.00 | Flight Lieutenant Ian Widge Gleed is depicted in his personal Hurricane 1 P2798 (LK-A) of 87 Sqn shooting down a Messerschmitt Bf.110 on 15th August 1940. Just visible beneath the cockpit of the Hurricane is his mascot, Figaro, shown kicking...... | |
| Red Section Scramble by Ivan Berryman. (C) SOLD OUT | 609 Sqn Hawker Typhoons are shown taking off from Manson in Kent in February 1943. Nearest aircraft, R7872 (PR-S) is that of Sgt John Johnny Wiseman, the other, DN294 (PR-O) being the mount of Fl Sgt Alan Babe Haddon. Both aircraft we...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
Legend - TSR.2 by Ivan Berryman. (C) Price : £300.00 | Viewed by many as the most advanced and forward-thinking design for an attack and reconnaissance aircraft in its day, the BAC TSR.2 was to fall victim to inter government wrangling and the absurd belief by those in power in the mid 1960's that t...... | ||
| Clipped Signature - Roland Beamont. Price : £45.00 | An Ace pilot who flew Hurricanes during the Battle of Britain and later the Tempest, noted for destroying V-1 flying bombs. He died in 2001. ...... | |
| Clipped Signature - Roland Beamont. (B) Price : £55.00 | Flew with No.87 Sqn in France and in the Battle of Britain, earning the DFC for five victories. He commanded No.609 flying the Typhoon and later flew the Tempest. He destroyed 32 V-1 rockets in 1944, but was shot down and taken prisoner that Octob...... |
| A Buzz for Beamont by David Pentland. (APB) Price : £250.00 | Wing Commander Roland Beamont in his personal Tempest V, intercepted and downed his first V1 Buzzbomb on the night of June 22nd, 1944, over south east England. As Commander of 150 wing and others he went on to shoot down a total of 30 V1 flying bombs...... | |
| Typhoon! by Ivan Berryman. (C) Price : £440.00 | So often overshadowed by its own achievements as a ground attack aircraft, Hawkers mighty Typhoon also proved itself a formidable adversary in air to air combat as demonstrated by the successes of F/Lt (later Wing Commander) J R Baldwin who claimed ...... | |
| A Busy Day at the Office by Ivan Berryman. (C) Price : £380.00 | The leadership qualities and grim determination of Squadron Leader J R Baldwin was seldom better demonstrated that when he led a small flight of Hawker Typhoons against a force of some thirty Focke-Wulf Fw.190s in January 1944. Nine of the German a...... | |
| An Early Bath by Ivan Berryman. (C) Price : £380.00 | In the early evening of the 18th of July 1941, following coastguard reports of an enemy aircraft in their vicinity, two Hurricanes of 87 Sqn on detachment at the Airfield at St Mary's, Scilly Isles were scrambled to an area some 30 miles south...... | |
| Wing Commander J R Baldwin - The Spoils of War by Ivan Berryman. (C) Price : £380.00 | Britain's highest scoring Typhoon ace, Wing Commander J R Baldwin climbs from the cockpit of his personalised Typhoon at a makeshift airfield in northern France after a sortie in support of the Allied forces' drive into mainland Europe follo...... |
| Canberras Over Cambridgeshire by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | Undeterred by Friday 13th, Wing Commander Beamont took off that day in May 1949, in the Canberra prototype. So accomplished was this new jet bomber that by the end of the 1950s, no fewer than 41 R.A.F. Squadrons were equipped with the Canberra, and ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Front Line Hurricanes by Robert Taylor. Price : £210.00 | Based at a temporary formed airfield at Lille Marc, Hurricanes of No. 87 Squadron - showing the strains of battle - taxi in from a skirmish during heavy fighting in the Battle of France, May 1940. ...... | |
| Front Line Hurricanes by Robert Taylor (AP) Price : £360.00 | Based at a temporary formed airfield at Lille Marc, Hurricanes of No. 87 Squadron - showing the strains of battle - taxi in from a skirmish during heavy fighting in the Battle of France, May 1940. ...... | |
| Front Line Hurricanes by Robert Taylor. (B) Price : £190.00 | Based at a temporary formed airfield at Lille Marc, Hurricanes of No. 87 Squadron - showing the strains of battle - taxi in from a skirmish during heavy fighting in the Battle of France, May 1940. ...... | |
| Overturning the Odds by Keith Woodcock Price : £80.00 | With all his ammunition spent on other interceptions, Wing Commander Beamont in his Hawker Tempest MKV tips a German flying VI bomb to its destruction with his wingtip during the summer of 1944. ...... |
| Hurricane Heroes by Nicolas Trudgian. Price : £140.00 | Hurricanes of 87 Squadron return to their West Country base after repelling attacks by Luftwaffe bombers on nearby aircraft factories, August 1940. Flight Lieutenant Ian Gleeds Hurricane, in which he scored 20 victories, leads the Squadron pilots ba...... | |
| Hurricane Heroes by Nicolas Trudgian (AP) Price : £220.00 | Hurricanes of 87 Squadron return to their West Country base after repelling attacks by Luftwaffe bombers on nearby aircraft factories, August 1940. Flight Lieutenant Ian Gleeds Hurricane, in which he scored 20 victories, leads the Squadron pilots ba...... | |
| Hurricane Heroes by Nicolas Trudgian. (XX) Price : £125.00 | Hurricanes of 87 Squadron return to their West Country base after repelling attacks by Luftwaffe bombers on nearby aircraft factories, August 1940. Flight Lieutenant Ian Gleeds Hurricane, in which he scored 20 victories, leads the Squadron pilots ba...... | |
| Hurricane Heroes by Nicolas Trudgian. (Y) Price : £120.00 | Hurricanes of 87 Squadron return to their West Country base after repelling attacks by Luftwaffe bombers on nearby aircraft factories, August 1940. Flight Lieutenant Ian Gleeds Hurricane, in which he scored 20 victories, leads the Squadron pilots ba...... | |
| Tangmere Hurricanes by Nicolas Trudgian. Price : £330.00 | MK1 Hurricanes of No. 601 Squadron refueled and rearmed, climb to rejoin the battle during the summer of 1940. As the great air battle rages high above, life goes in the countryside as a Southern Railway train pulls out of a local village station, c...... |
| Tangmere Hurricanes by Nicolas Trudgian. (AP) Price : £370.00 | MK1 Hurricanes of No. 601 Squadron refueled and rearmed, climb to rejoin the battle during the summer of 1940. As the great air battle rages high above, life goes in the countryside as a Southern Railway train pulls out of a local village station, c...... | |
| Tangmere Hurricanes by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) SOLD OUT | MK1 Hurricanes of No. 601 Squadron refueled and rearmed, climb to rejoin the battle during the summer of 1940. As the great air battle rages high above, life goes in the countryside as a Southern Railway train pulls out of a local village station, c...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Tangmere Hurricanes by Nicolas Trudgian. (Y) Price : £260.00 | MK1 Hurricanes of No. 601 Squadron refueled and rearmed, climb to rejoin the battle during the summer of 1940. As the great air battle rages high above, life goes in the countryside as a Southern Railway train pulls out of a local village station, ...... | |
| Cancelled by Peter Westacott. SOLD OUT | Chief Test Pilot Wing Commander Roland Beamont CBE DSO* DFC* making the first test flight in the prototype English Electric TSR-2 Serial No.XR219 at Boscombe Down on 27th September 1964. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Bitter Engagement by Robert Taylor. (B) SOLD OUT | Just after midday on 27 September 1940 one of the bitterest engagements of the Battle of Britain took place in the skies over Kent when the Spitfires of 19 Squadron took on the Bf109s of JG54. In the huge dogfight that ensued, 19 Squadron claimed 8...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Doe's Griffin by David Pentland. (B) Price : £400.00 | Portland, England, 30th September 1940. Already an accomplished Spitfire ace with at least 10 confirmed kills, Bob Doe had just transferred from 234 squadron to 238 Hurricane squadron when he intercepted and brought down a Heinkel He111P-2 from I/...... | |
| Striking Back by Gerald Coulson. Price : £180.00 | Conceived initially by Hawkers (of Hurricane fame) as a fast powerful fighter, the Typhoons performance in this role proved to be disappointing in the respect of rate of climb, and at height. They did however eventually come into their own as a super...... | |
| Striking Back by Gerald Coulson. (B) Price : £210.00 | Conceived initially by Hawkers (of Hurricane fame) as a fast powerful fighter, the Typhoons performance in this role proved to be disappointing in the respect of rate of climb, and at height. They did however eventually come into their own as a supe...... | |
| Striking Back by Gerald Coulson. (Y) Price : £140.00 | Conceived initially by Hawkers (of Hurricane fame) as a fast powerful fighter, the Typhoons performance in this role proved to be disappointing in the respect of rate of climb, and at height. They did however eventually come into their own as a super...... | |
| Lull Before the Storm by Keith Aspinall. (B) Price : £75.00 | The Tempest of Wing Commander Roland Beamont DSO and Bar DFC and Bar, June 1944. ...... |
| Hawker Typhoon Squadron by Frank Wootton. Price : £175.00 | ...... | |
Lightning Legend by Michael Rondot. Price : £75.00 | 226 OCU / 145 Sqn RAF Coltishall EE Lightning T5 XS420 226 OCU / 145 Sqn RAF Coltishall, taking off in full reheat for a max performance rotation and climb. No other jet fighter has been sorely missed since the Lightning retired from RAF service and...... | ||
Lightning Legend by Michael Rondot (AP) Price : £120.00 | 226 OCU / 145 Sqn RAF Coltishall EE Lightning T5 XS420 226 OCU / 145 Sqn RAF Coltishall, taking off in full reheat for a max performance rotation and climb. No other jet fighter has been sorely missed since the Lightning retired from RAF service and...... | ||
| Hurricane Scramble by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | One secondary market print available - excellent condition. SOLD...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| The Exterminator by Stan Stokes. (B) Price : £140.00 | By mid-1941 it was clear that Hitlers plans to invade Britain were in disarray. The RAF had fought the Luftwaffe to a standoff, and many of Germanys top pilots had been killed or captured. Not willing to admit defeat in his campaign against Britain,...... |
| The Exterminator by Stan Stokes. (C) Price : £90.00 | By mid-1941 it was clear that Hitlers plans to invade Britain were in disarray. The RAF had fought the Luftwaffe to a standoff, and many of Germanys top pilots had been killed or captured. Not willing to admit defeat in his campaign against Britain,...... |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Wing Commander Roland Bee Beamont CBE DSO DFC DL (deceased) |
| Pack of 4 Hurricane and Typhoon prints by Gerald Coulson. Pack Price : £500.00 Saving : £350 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Defence of the Capital by Gerald Coulson. Merlins over Malta by Gerald Coulson. Striking Back by Gerald Coulson. Normandy Sunrise by Gerald Coulson. | |
| Trudgian Hurricane Artist Proof Editions Pack. Pack Price : £600.00 Saving : £550 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Tangmere Hurricanes by Nicolas Trudgian. (AP) Hurricane Heroes by Nicolas Trudgian (AP) Squadron Scramble by Nicolas Trudgian (AP) Holding the Line - The Battle of Britain by Nicolas Trudgian (AP) | |
| Typhoon Aviation Print Pack. Pack Price : £500.00 Saving : £385 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Typhoon Scramble by Stephen Brown. Typhoons Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian. Striking Back by Gerald Coulson. (B) Typhoons at Falaise by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) | |
| Battle of Britain Hurricane Signature Pack. Pack Price : £420.00 Saving : £340 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Merlin Roar by Anthony Saunders. (H) Hurricane Patrol by Graeme Lothian. (E) Holding the Line - The Battle of Britain by Nicolas Trudgian. Front Line Hurricanes by Robert Taylor. | |
| Roland Bee Beamont Aviation Prints. Pack Price : £440.00 Saving : £500 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Striking Back by Gerald Coulson. The Exterminator by Stan Stokes. (B) Hurricane Heroes by Nicolas Trudgian. Front Line Hurricanes by Robert Taylor. Hurricane Mk.IIC by Ivan Berryman. (F) |
| Hawker Typhoon Aviation Art Trade Discount Print Pack. Pack Price : £500.00 Saving : £285 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Closing the Gap by Robert Taylor. Hard Hitter by Ivan Berryman. Normandy Sunrise by Gerald Coulson. Striking Back by Gerald Coulson. Typhoons Over Normandy by Ivan Berryman. (C) | |
| Pack 689. Pack of two 87 Sqn Hurricane Prints by Richard Taylor and Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £260.00 Saving : £175 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Vital Force by Richard Taylor. Hurricane Heroes by Nicolas Trudgian. Hurricane Mk.IIC by Ivan Berryman. (F) | |
| Pack 793. Pack of two Hawker Hurricane prints by Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £290.00 Saving : £180 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Hurricane Heroes by Nicolas Trudgian. Hurricane Country by Nicolas Trudgian. Hurricane Mk.IIC by Ivan Berryman. (F) | |
| Nicolas Trudgian Me109 and Hurricane Prints. Pack Price : £260.00 Saving : £225 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Dragons of Colombert by Nicolas Trudgian Hurricane Heroes by Nicolas Trudgian. Hurricane Mk.IIC by Ivan Berryman. (F) | |
| Roland Bee Beamont Signed Hurricane Aviation Art. Pack Price : £300.00 Saving : £270 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Hurricane Heroes by Nicolas Trudgian. Front Line Hurricanes by Robert Taylor. Hurricane Mk.IIC by Ivan Berryman. (F) |
| RAF Lighting Aircraft Prints. Pack Price : £200.00 Saving : £155 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : A Bolt for the Blue by Gerald Coulson. Lightning Legend by Michael Rondot. The Sentinel by Ivan Berryman. | |
| RAF Lighting Aviation Art Prints. Pack Price : £215.00 Saving : £130 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Thunder & Lightnings by Gerald Coulson. Lightning Legend by Michael Rondot. The Sentinel by Ivan Berryman. | |
| Special Sale Pack of 5 Prints - 4 FREE! Pack Price : £210.00 Saving : £250 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Front Line Hurricanes by Robert Taylor. The Struggle for Malta by Ivan Berryman. (F) LCT 312 by Ivan Berryman. (D) Typhoons Over Normandy by Ivan Berryman. (D) Dinah Might by Ivan Berryman. | |
Pack 544. Pack of two RAF Hurricane fighter prints by Robert Taylor and Graeme Lothian. Pack Price : £270.00 Saving : £175 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Front Line Hurricanes by Robert Taylor. Hurricane Patrol by Graeme Lothian (AP) | ||
Pack 670. Pack of two Typhoon prints by Robert Taylor and Gerald Coulson. Pack : SOLD OUT | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : HMS Hood Opens Fire Upon the Bismarck by Ivan Berryman. (SM) Bismarck Replies to HMS Hood by Ivan Berryman. (SM) | NOT AVAILABLE |
Robert Taylor Aviation Prints - Hurricane Pack Pack Price : £360.00 Saving : £130 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : First of Many by Robert Taylor. Front Line Hurricanes by Robert Taylor. | ||
Pack 862. Two Hawker Typhoon aircraft prints by Gerald Coulson. Pack Price : £250.00 Saving : £170 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Striking Back by Gerald Coulson. Normandy Sunrise by Gerald Coulson. | ||
Battle of Britain Hurricane Prints by Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £400.00 Saving : £300 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Tangmere Hurricanes by Nicolas Trudgian. (AP) Hurricane Heroes by Nicolas Trudgian (AP) | ||
Pack 1252. Hawker Typhoon Prints by Gerald Coulson and Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £300.00 Saving : £250 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Striking Back by Gerald Coulson. (B) Typhoons at Falaise by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) | ||
Roland Bee Beamont Hawker Typhoon Prints by David Pentland and Stan Stokes. Pack Price : £180.00 Saving : £100 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : A Buzz for Beamont by David Pentland. (B) The Exterminator by Stan Stokes. (B) |
V1 Rocket and Hawker Typhoon Prints by David Pentland and Keith Woodcock. Pack Price : £190.00 Saving : £35 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : A Buzz for Beamont by David Pentland. (B) Overturning the Odds by Keith Woodcock | ||
Typhoon Aviation Art by Richard Taylor and Gerald Coulson. Pack Price : £200.00 Saving : £160 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Typhoons Outward Bound by Richard Taylor. Striking Back by Gerald Coulson. | ||
Sqn Ldr Stark DFC Signed Typhoon Aviation Art by Gerald Coulson. Pack Price : £320.00 Saving : £180 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Normandy Sunrise by Gerald Coulson (B) Striking Back by Gerald Coulson. | ||
Sqn Ldr Stark DFC Signed Normandy Typhoon Prints by Gerald Coulson. Pack Price : £380.00 Saving : £190 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Normandy Sunrise by Gerald Coulson (AP) Striking Back by Gerald Coulson. (B) | ||
Wing Commander Bee Beamont Typhoon and Tempest Signed Prints by Gerald Coulson and Stan Stokes. Pack Price : £190.00 Saving : £180 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Striking Back by Gerald Coulson. The Exterminator by Stan Stokes. (B) |
Nicolas Trudgian Spitfire and Hurricane Prints. Pack Price : £440.00 Saving : £170 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Tangmere Hurricanes by Nicolas Trudgian. (AP) Fighter Legend - Johnnie Johnson by Nicolas Trudgian. | ||
Classic Aviation Prints by Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £195.00 Saving : £175 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Hurricane Heroes by Nicolas Trudgian. Fighter Legend - Johnnie Johnson by Nicolas Trudgian. | ||
Roland Beamont Print and Clipped Signature Pack. Pack Price : £125.00 Saving : £80 | Clipped Signature and Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : An Early Bath by Ivan Berryman. (APB) Clipped Signature - Roland Beamont. | ||
Roland Beamont Clipped Signature and Print Pack. Pack Price : £140.00 Saving : £15 | Clipped Signature and Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Strafing Run by David Pentland. (AP) Clipped Signature - Roland Beamont. | ||
Roland Beamont - Print and Clipped Signature Pack. Pack Price : £140.00 Saving : £55 | Clipped Signature and Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Tempest Moon by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Clipped Signature - Roland Beamont. |
Roland Beamont - Clipped Signature and Print Pack. Pack Price : £110.00 Saving : £45 | Clipped Signature and Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Musketeer Canberras by Ivan Berryman. Clipped Signature - Roland Beamont. |
Wing Commander Roland Bee Beamont CBE DSO DFC DL Squadron details |
No.87 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 3rd January 1961 Known Codes : , LK, PD, | No.87 Sqn RAF United Provinces Maximus me metuit - The most powerful fear me |
Wing Commander Roland Bee Beamont CBE DSO DFC DL Aircraft details |
Hurricane Manufacturer : Hawker Built : 14533 | Hurricane Royal Air Force Fighter, the Hawker Hurricane had a top speed of 320mph, at 18,200 feet and 340mph at 17,500, ceiling of 34,200 and a range of 935 miles. The Hurricane was armed with eight fixed wing mounted .303 browning machine guns in the Mark I and twelve .303 browning's in the MKIIB in the Hurricane MKIIC it had four 20mm cannon. All time classic fighter the Hurricane was designed in 1933-1934, the first prototype flew in June 1936 and a contract for 600 for the Royal Air Force was placed. The first production model flew ion the 12th October 1937 and 111 squadron of the Royal Air Force received the first Hurricanes in January 1938. By the outbreak of World war two the Royal Air Force had 18 operational squadrons of Hurricanes. During the Battle of Britain a total of 1715 Hurricanes took part, (which was more than the rest of the aircraft of the Royal air force put together) and almost 75% of the Victories during the Battle of Britain went to hurricane pilots. The Hawker Hurricane was used in all theatres during World war two, and in many roles. in total 14,533 Hurricanes were built. |
Tempest Manufacturer : Hawker Built : 1395 | Tempest The Hawker Tempest was a much improved development of the Typhoon and first flew in June 1943. and started service with the RAF in April 1944. mainly serving in the attack role in Europe against ground targets including the V1 Flying Bomb installations. It remained in service after the war until 1949 when it was eventually replaced by the Jet Aircraft. but continued for another 4 years in the Indian and Pakistan air forces. In total no less than 1395 Hawker Tempests were built. Speed: 426mph at 18,500 feet, Crew One. Range 800 miles. Armament: Four 20mm Hispano cannons mounted in the wings and a bomb payload of upto 2,000 lbs. |
Typhoon Manufacturer : Hawker Built : 3330 | Typhoon Single engine fighter with a maximum speed of 412 mph at 19,000 feet and a ceiling of 35,200 feet. range 510 miles. The Typhoon was armed with twelve browning .303inch machine guns in the wings (MK1A) Four 20mm Hispano cannon in wings (MK!B) Two 1000ilb bombs or eight 3-inch rockets under wings. The first proto type flew in February 1940, but due to production problems the first production model flew in May 1941. with The Royal Air Force receiving their first aircraft in September 1941. Due to accidents due to engine problems (Sabre engine) The Hawker Typhoon started front line service in December 1941.The Hawker Typhoon started life in the role of interceptor around the cost of England but soon found its real role as a ground attack aircraft. especially with its 20mm cannon and rockets. This role was proved during the Normandy landings and the period after. The total number of Hawker typhoons built was 3,330. |
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