Hawker Typhoon

The Hawker Typhoon was one of Britain’s ‘heavy punchers’ during World War Two – and one instrumental in the Allies’ victory in Europe. But flying in the shadow of myriad issues that followed it through its service, the brutish Hawker type is often tarred as a failure. Now, more than 85 years after it took to the sky, we tell of the service career and technical evolution of a fighter that found its true purpose as a low-level ground-attack aircraft – and one that not only filled the enemy with fear, but those who knew and flew it too. A workhorse of an aircraft, the pilots of which collectively embodied a decisive evolution in air warfare as they delivered time after time.

We strive to connect new generations with this truly vital piece of heritage. This classic scene by esteemed aviation artist Antonis Karidis illustrates a pair of No. 438 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force Typhoons IBs attacking German troops and vehicles circa 1945 during the push towards the Rhine in preparation for Operation Veritable (also known as the Battle of the Reichswald.

Publisher: Key Publishing