The top speed of the fastest operational fighter was less than 360 mph when the war started. By 1945, this had increased by an astonishing 300mph. Knowing that ‘speed was life’, some designers packed ...
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The tempest: brilliant, brutal and doomed
It was faster than a Spitfire, deadlier than a Typhoon, and more feared than the V-1s it hunted. The Hawker Tempest was the RAF’s last great piston-engine warrior—a machine so advanced, it could bring ...
Britain’s survival in World War 2 depended on air power. At the cutting edge were high-performance fighter planes, dishing out destruction to Axis intruders and supporting Allied operations worldwide.
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