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Hawker Typhoon 1940 to Spring 1943 Wingleader Photo Archive Number 16
27,95 €Chris Thomas, the son of a Typhoon pilot, is probably the worlds leading expert on the Hawker Typhoon and has an incredible reference library on this classic fighter. The publisher thought about having one volume on the Typhoon and one on the Tempest, but with Chriss archive and knowledge, they think that they may stretch to four or even five books on the two aircraft.
This first one covers the early days of Typhoon development and operations and includes the usual mix of high-res wartime photos, informative captions and plenty of I never knew that moments, especially in the area of recognition markings which these early Typhoons saw their fair share of.
As with all the books in this series, the publisher has enhanced the photos to pull out the shadow detail and have added arrows and letters to identify points of interest.
This book contains approx 120 original wartime/pre-war photos and 6 in-depth colour profiles. -
Hawker Typhoon Part 2: Summer 1943 to early 1944 Wingleader Photo Archive Number 21
27,95 €This second volume covers the period when the Typhoon went from being a defensive fighter to being an offensive fighter-bomber. Along the way, trials were also conducted into its night fighting capability and its resilience to operating in the desert. Both trials are also covered in this book.
The last quarter of 1943 also saw the introduction of the fourth distinct canopy style on the Typhoon. There was no change in mark number to signify this nor apparently, within the RAF, was there any official nomenclature to signify the variants. However, it was usually referred to as the sliding hood and from notes in pilots logs it would seem that the term slider was used to differentiate the new clear-vision hood from the awkwardly-named car-door type. So slider appears throughout this publication.
With 120 b/w pictures and 6 colour profiles.