Hawker Tempest - Britain's Apex Fighter

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The Hawker Tempest was a British fighter that saw action in the closing stages of the Second World War, where it proved to be a match against Germany's latest designs, earning it a place in history as one of the best piston-powered fighter aircraft ever made.
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00:04 History
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Sources
- Tempest Squadrons of the RAF - By Chris Thomas
- Typhoon and Tempest Aces of World War 2 - By Chris Thomas
- 2nd Tactical Air Force Volume 1- 3 - By Christopher Shores & Chris Thomas
- Hawker Typhoon, Tempest and Sea Fury - By Kev Darling
- Profile Publications Number 197 - The Hawker Tempest I-VI - By Francis K. Mason
- Tempest V vs Fw 190D-9 - By Robert Forsyth
- The Secret Horsepower Race - By Calum E. Douglas
- Several other sources like aircraft manuals and tests
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@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Sorry for the long wait for this video, things will pick up now, once again. Next will be a Japanese aircraft, one that is less known. Until then, thank you for watching.

@smigoltime Год назад

Ki-46 maybe ? :D

@rodneypayne4827 Год назад

@@smigoltime I could name 5 very important and widely used Japanese aircraft that that don't get the recognition they deserve. Eg.Ki45 Toryu and Ki 44 Shoki fighters.

@smigoltime Год назад

@@rodneypayne4827 G3M and G4M, H6K and H8K, Ki-45 and Ki-46, Ki-44... yea

@FirstDagger Год назад

@@smigoltime ; Basically the entire War Thunder Japanese tech tree besides the Zero, Val and Kate.

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

I've been toying around with the "Dinah" idea for a while, but no, it will be far less known than the Ki-46! I don't think you've shot this one down in Warthunder!

@brucefairbanks6254 4 месяца назад

David Fairbanks was my uncle. I thank you for this video, in the name of "The Terror of the Rhine"

@Spitfiresammons Год назад

In fact not only did the Tempest pilots manage to shooting down both the Me-262s and Ar-234s but one Tempest pilot Flg Off Geoffrey Walkington from RAF 222 squadron did manage to shot down a Heinkel he-162 from 3./jg1 on the 19 April 1945 he was the only Allied pilot to be credited with a He-162 kill of WW2.

@williamzk9083 Год назад

The jets had a speed of 500mph at sea level (520 for me 262) the tempest with its fancy 150PN fuel 400mph. I think this just gets down to the Luftwaffe being out numbered and it’s air fields constantly patrolled. A He 162 almost certainly shot down a Tempest so the score is about even. It was a fast powerful aircraft for sure but it lacked the two stage inter cooled supercharger of the Griffon spitfire or the up coming Ta 152 or Fw 190D12/13

@Rom3_29 Год назад

Most of the German jet fighters, V1 & V2 were assembled by (work to the death) slave labor. Under horrific inhuman conditions. Other thing, jet engines were slow to pickup speed. If the pilot was not trained and most weren’t, they’d get shot down. Large number of 262s were shot down while landing. But that’s my limited 2 cents.

@loveofmangos001 Год назад

I don't find shooting down a 162 impressive or amazing at all considering the Nazis wanted Hitler Youth to fly them. It was probably the easiest kill of the war

@comikdebris Год назад

A teenage pilot story also shot down in a He 162 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xmJqjx9VVKM.html

@siemveneman9091 Год назад

Aphex fighter😂😂!? British rustbucket

@callenclarke371 6 месяцев назад

This video leaves no stone unturned. Sixteen and a half minutes and just about every question I have about this aircraft has been answered. Well done.

@neiloflongbeck5705 Год назад

Camm designed the Typhoon wingmin line with a NACA report of 1938 which stated that laminar-flow wungs had no benefit over traditional shapes. But a year later it was noticed that turbulence in NACA's windtunnel was affecting the results of aerofoil tests. The efficiency of some of the aerofoil shapes were wrong and NACA put out a revised report with the efficency figures corrected. But it was now too late for a redesign of the Typhoon. Source: Aeroplane, December 2021.

@basilreid257 Год назад

😮😮😮

@papalegba6796 7 месяцев назад

A man of Camm's experience should have known better than to trust NACA data.

@bobsakamanos4469 Месяц назад

Camm also designed thick wings on the Typhoon despite knowing it was the reason for the Hurricane's poor performance. He was a stubborn man and poor project manager who lost some good engineers as a result.

@pencilpauli9442 Год назад

For those not familiar with the Typhoon, the structural problem was resolved with "fishplate" strengtheners on the rear fuselage. Later production models also had larger area Tempest tailplanes, and a four blade propeller. AFAIK the Sabre engine could set on fire on start up and there had to be fire extinguishers on standby. The info on the thick chord wing was interesting. It was of course similar to the slower Hurricane. Sidney Camm and his Hawkers team were tops imho!

@johnmclean6498 Год назад

It was actually solved with the redesign and strengthening of the mass balance unit for the elevators, which was the cause of flutter and failure. One broke while a Typhoon was taxying and that's how they found it. The fishplates were a "belts and braces" fix until they found the cause.

@davidelliott5843 Год назад

The engine used a Coffman starter. Pilots had to use the correct amount of fuel prime. Too little prime needed too many start attempts also risking fire.

@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 Год назад

Pilots died long after the fix was made available, the squadrons had to find the significant down-time to do the remedial work and sometimes the war work took precedence, the pilots were in basic terms expendable. Camm blamed the Hawker aerodynamicists for the thick wing, they assured him that there was no aerodynamic drawback with a thick aerofoil based on some confused research studies. I was privileged to hear Bee Beamont give an inspiring test pilot talk, he said the RAF and air ministry wanted the Typhoon replacement to have a wing just like the Spitfire’s. R.J. Mitchell’s inspired mid 1930s best guess worked really well and they wanted it repeated.

@williamzk9083 Год назад

@@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 so why did cam insist on putting a wing a 19% thick wing on the typhoon same as the hurricane. The only difference is that hurricane was Clark Y and typhoon NACA 2219 according to the incomplete guide to airfoil usage. This is thicker than Sunderland flying boat

@neiloflongbeck5705 Год назад

Camm based thenwing on an erroneous NACA report on laminar-flow wings which wasn't corrected until too late for a redesign.

@smokeyhunterparrot Год назад

Just 2 weeks ago I was standing right next to a Tempest MK2 that will soon be airworthy. It will be the only one flying in the world. Big and beautiful bird! It's at the KF Center for Excellence, in Kelowna British Columbia Canada. They also have a de Havilland Mosquito, one of 4 flying worldwide.

@tonykeith76 Год назад

I read that somebody is working to make airworthy even a TempestV with the Napier Sapre..

@chrishartley4553 Год назад

@@tonykeith76 This one? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N0PUeUok0mI.html

@animaltvi9515 Год назад

Actually there's as also a mk2 at Sywell airfield in England. Ot is currently having its engine test runs. It should fly later this year. . Making it 2 airworthy tempest 2s.

@animaltvi9515 Год назад

@TonyKeith76 last I heard there is only one complete tempest 5 and that I'd a static display in the RAF museum london. . There is a typhoon being slowly restored to flight at Duxford England

@dalemartell8639 11 месяцев назад

The KF Tempest has a P&W 2800 engine in it so technically it isn't a "real" Mk2. They did that because of the lack of Centaur engines.

@lukewise1227 9 месяцев назад

I believe the Hawker Sea Fury, as used in Korea, proved itself to be the pinnacle of piston engined fighters.

@guaporeturns9472 20 дней назад

What a beauty

@mikehipperson Год назад

Many years ago I knew a former RAF pilot who was one of the first to fly the Typhoon when it entered service. His squadron had been told about the shortcomings of the aircraft and the 'Do Not Exceed' speed in a dive. Being a bit of a lad, he wanted to see what happened if he did. He woke up in hospital with multiple injuries and his commander informed him that, due to the known tail weakness plus the 'compressability' problem, his aircraft had shaken itself to bits and he was recovered from the wreck that consisted of the engine, it's mounting frame and what was left of the cockpit. Everything behind the seat and both wings were gone! Needless to say he was given a desk to fly for the rest of the war!

@callenclarke371 6 месяцев назад

I have it on good authority that loss of the tail affects flight characteristics. ;)

@kitmoore9969 4 месяца назад

He crashed into the ground at over 600mph and ... he woke up in hospital? Did you know: there's no such word as "gullible" in the dictionary?

@user-jt1gm4qh4x 2 месяца назад

That’s a bit of a stretch. I don’t think too many would buy that one.

@stephenbesley3177 8 месяцев назад

Loved the Tempest and the Sea Fury was one of the most impressive aeroplanes I've ever seen for a prop fighter.. Blisteringly fast, a real gem.

@kimhewitt921 8 месяцев назад

Thank you! Informative and the artworks cool. Of course as an englishman the Spit flows in our veins...as an aviation enthusiast it's great to see the Tempest get the recognition it deserves.

@marcelfermer5369 11 месяцев назад

I liked very much the archive pictures, especially that of the great Pierre Closterman with his Grand Charles. Great video!

@stevetheduck1425 11 месяцев назад

The Hawker 'family' of fighter planes really begins with the Fury, Fury II, and High-Speed Fury biplanes. A revision of this aircraft led to the monoplane Hurricane, with parallel Henley and Hotspur (a turret fighter). The Hurricane was replaced with the Typhoon and the parallel Tornado, which trialled some major improvements, both of these fed into the first Typhoon II and Tempests. The last planes in this family are the smaller Fury and Sea Fury. The next design to fly was the entirely new Hawker Hawk jet, with the Sea Hawk being the more successful design, flying into the 1970s with the Indian Navy.

@bobsakamanos4469 Месяц назад

The probelm with Camm was that it took him 10 years between the Fury Monoplane and a front line fighter (Tempest). That's a loooong time in a period of rapid wartime aviation changes.

@dovidell Год назад

At last !!, an easy to understand , and informative video about The Hawker Tempest , and why it came to be , and why the MK5 preceded the MK2

@williammunson3615 13 дней назад

In the book "I fought you from the skies" by Willi Heilman who was a FW 190 pilot on the wester front during WWII feared seeing the Tempest. He was moved to the Dora model after they were supplied, Squadron 54 the "Green Hearts". Novotny was his Co. until he was moved to the Me262 and Willi became the Sq. leader. The only fighters he and his mates hated were the P-47, later model Spitfires and Tempests. P-51's were easy meat, P-38's were also and Typhoons included but the other three were the only ones they hated to go up against. The Tempest, although in small numbers, was a considerable enemy.

@Wollemand Год назад

I have always wondered about the difference between a Tempest and a Typhoon.. Thanks for clearing that up ♥️ Great upload

@MartinMcAvoy Год назад

This is the first video of yours I have watched and you did well. You are not a native English speaker but your accent is confident, authoritative and very impressive. I look forward to more of your content!

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Thank you!

@garethbarnes3680 7 месяцев назад

The Typhoon was a superb at low level and was a brilliant ground attack plane. My late Grandad witnessed a "pack" of them attack a German tank column. Ge said the noise was as if the gates of hell had been opened up! Incredible stuff

@bobsakamanos4469 Месяц назад

Even though Camm had designed the Tiffy as a high altitude interceptor.

@conordia6906 11 месяцев назад

Great video thanks, special compliments to the narration. Great pacing and content. So many videos have crazy fast voiceovers. Yours is perfect. ❤❤

@gerrycoogan6544 Год назад

This is an excellent video. Meticulous details and tremendous photograph research make this both educational and entertaining.

@Demun1649 5 месяцев назад

My favourite video, of yours, was the one on the Dewoitine D.520. It deserves the publicity

@kellyshistory306 Год назад

Solid video. Enjoyed the parts on its combat history and how it was organized into wings and such.

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Thank you.

@Karnov1977 Год назад

Been waiting on a new video. Your videos are the best overview of WWII aircraft on RU-vid I think.

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Thank you! Hopefully, I will pick up the pace once again. Aiming for a new video in two weeks time.

@kirknewton100 4 месяца назад

Brilliant video, simple, understandable. Very enjoyable.

@chrispacer4231 Год назад

I’m building a HELLER 1/72 HAWKER TEMPEST, it’s almost ready for the airbrushing… also displaying it on a airfield DIORAMA… Glad I watched this… CHRIS from OHIO 🇺🇸

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Sounds cool!

@markhepworth Год назад

Nice 👍

@carlnewman7096 Год назад

Another great episode, on an interesting aircraft, great graphics too. Looking forward to the next one.😎👍🏻

@brendonbewersdorf986 Год назад

Thank you for this video always love your content! Hopefully the brief mention of the FW190 D-9 means it will get a video in the future I think it's probably my favorite fw190 variant and possibly my fav WW2 aircraft although the ki-61 is a close second

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Thank you! Yes, the Dora will have it's own video, for sure. It's a hard aircraft to talk about without going a bit more deeply about the issues Germany had with materials and the consequences for engine development.

@kepler186f4 8 месяцев назад

What an excellent comparison video... I loved the Tiffy.... until I watched this...

@tillytilford2158 Год назад

Great videos mate. Love the way you present them.

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Thank you!

@dennismason3740 Год назад

Thank you for this. I see so little data and pictures of the Tempest, this is refreshing. They just would not give up on the Tempest.

@robbierobinson8819 Год назад

Very informative and great artwork. I have really enjoyed watching it in conjunction with the video of the Typhoon. Although all designed as fighter aircraft, in my mind the Typhoon, Tempest, FW190 and Thunderbolt all paved the way to the devastating effect that fighter-bombers / ground attack fighters can have. Now for something on the Sea Fury, please!

@FireDragon16180 Год назад

Thank you for the video, the engine of this aircraft was a remarkable engineering achievement, so powerful; really appreciate your work and this channel 👍

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Thank you! I can only imagine having 2,000 hp available on single-engine aircraft, but I suspect it would get me killed quite fast!

@theartofflying3108 5 месяцев назад

@@AllthingsWW2 what is the last sequence of the video from?? It seems to be a pc game. How is it called?

@AntonioLopes-db5ih 5 месяцев назад

@@theartofflying3108Warthunder is the name of the game

@excellenceinanimation960 Год назад

Love this style video! Gives into interesting info about the wing and Nguni more in depth than anyone else! Love you content new sub!

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Thank you and welcome!

@Favk21 Год назад

Happy to see extra art in these videos!

@duncanidaho2097 Год назад

Great video, sir. “British Grenadiers” from “Barry Lyndon” as outro? Love it.

@MrArcheopteryx Год назад

Very excellent production! You did great and accurate honor to the Tempest. Lovely brutish-looking aircraft. Cheers.

@petermallia558 Год назад

Don't forget the changes to the tail as well as the chin intake and the wings and engine types. That massive prop, awesome. Very enjoyable video. 🇬🇧 You mentioned everything I said. 👍🏻

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Thank you!

@monkeyboy8424 Год назад

Very informative and well produced video. Thanks.

@TPW900GP35 Год назад

Thanks for the video! I’m familiar with both the Typhoon and Tempest, but didn’t know that info! Thanks again!

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Thank you!

@MiKeMiDNiTe-77 Год назад

The Typhoon/Tempest/Fury family of great planes...super awesome some great pics shown here too.

@classicreviews96180 Год назад

Hopefully gonna be a one or two airworthy Mk2 Tempest's soon. They had Tempests at my local WW2 airfield RAF Bradwell Bay during the war.

@hawnyfox3411 Год назад

New Zealander Sqdn Ldr Bob Spurdle seen at 10:26 clashed with 8th AF USAAF P.51 Mustangs whilst at Vokel His book (published in 1980) called "The Blue Arena" explains how 'trigger happy' P.51s bounced the Tempests "On Sortie 551 some USAAF Mustangs jumped us. Enraged, I turned on my particular tormenter scared him $hitless by firing bursts on one side then on the other while he twisted turned, he was totally helpless against the far superior Tempest. Formating alongside I shook my fist at the stupid jerk (wanker) then I zoomed away. We should have hacked a few down to teach them aircraft recognition. We were sick of their trigger-happy stupidities." That's just one part of one of the chapters from "The Blue Arena" originally published in 1980 (still available in paperback

@jacktattis 7 месяцев назад

Yes it happened frequently .

@jaakkooksa5374 Год назад

Pierre Closterman was a Frenchman who flied in the RAF, achieving a large number of aerial victories. His biography contains a lot of interesting storied about the Tempest aircraft, which he flew.

@MegaSimplysimon Год назад

Le Grande Charles

@jerrymail Год назад

"The Big Show" (Le Grand Cirque), awesome book !

@stickandruddermfl Год назад

Closterman was actually born in Brazil (Curitiba), so at least technically he is Brazilian :-). Le Grand Cirque was the book that good me hooked into aviation, 40-odd years ago :-).

@sim.frischh9781 Год назад

*flew. Irregular word. English can be such an annoying language, right? ;)

@erwanparcelier8745 Год назад

@@stickandruddermfl It's true he was born in Brazil but he was only a French citizen.

@brianbrengle9933 Год назад

Yay!! I have missed you. Been going through withdrawals since your last video on the Hs-123 a couple months ago.

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Ahah! Thank you! Well, I will pick up the pace now, hopefully. Next, Japan, and then a smaller country!

@brianbrengle9933 Год назад

Looking forward to your next video.

@mikewoodman7700 Год назад

always wondered what happened to the other Mks - now I know! great video

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Thank you!

@jonathanohagan1349 Год назад

Oh hello. Just saw this, you picked up a new sub. Nice work.

@michaeldoyle4222 Год назад

Fantastic video!!! Love it and thanks!

@veritasvincit2745 Год назад

Great video. Thanks. The artwork is brilliant too.

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Thank you!

@pascalchauvet4230 5 месяцев назад

french Tempest Ace Pierre Closterman recounts in his book "The Great Circus" that a Spitfire actually managed to shoot down an intruding low-flying Arado Ar-234 flying below, putting his Spitfire in a steep dive. Afterwards the Spitfire was battered, with popped rivets on the wings, but did much to boost the Spitfire side in the friendly rivalry beetween Spitfire and Tempest pilots, Spit pilots joking, that''s something you've never been able to achieve with your lead sleds (meaning the Tempests). Another good-natured joke was that the landing speed of the Tempest was higher than the cruising speed of the Spitfire :)

@thebluegrocer Год назад

Excellent and balanced summary of an interesting family of aircraft.

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Thank you!

@Saxondog Год назад

Love the William Tell, subtly playing in the background.😊

@saxophonetheborch Год назад

Great video, thank you. Just subscribed

@StartledPancake Год назад

Another great video. As a Brit, its really great to hear the correct terminology "British and commonwealth forces". At no point in the war to Britain stand alone.

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Thank you!

@mehere8-32 Год назад

I don't think Pierre Closterman had a high opinion of Fairbanks. Clostermans book "The Big Show" is very enlightening on several levels. Cheers mate.

@vincehagedorn2500 Год назад

Than you for a great video and report. My Uncle, Sq Leader Arthur Vincent "Gus" Gowers, was shot down in a Tempest during the mass attack on the German ship "Munsterhausen", I think in Cherbourg, carrying Nuclear materials for the war effort. It is thought that Churchill gave an order for it's destruction "at any cost". I have more details in the book written about his life by Sylvia Barnard (my late sister) "never a dull moment".

@unclebullfrog7319 Год назад

Another great video. The Tempest is largely the unsung fighter of WWII. Just a point of clarification regarding 486 squadron: the pilots were mostly all Kiwis and started with the RNZAF in New Zealand, they joined a RAF squadron when they arrived in the UK, usually after further training in the Empire training scheme in Canada. The squadron should read:- No. 486 (NZ) squadron RAF. this also applies to 485 (NZ) (spitfire), 487 (NZ) (Mosquito) and 75 (NZ) bomber (Wellington and Lancaster). Of those 75 squadron post war transferred to the RNZAF only disbanding in the 2000s when the Labour government scrapped our combat wing of RNZAF as a cost cutting measure! Keep up the good work mate.

@MartinMcAvoy Год назад

Does that mean that many of the NZ pilots were fairly new to frontline aircraft when the were posted to the Tempest squadron? Compared to Harvard trainers, the Tempest would have been a monster to tame! They were very brave lads!

@RobBremner Год назад

You put 485 instead of 486 for the Tempest Squadron, 485 was Spitfires. BTW I don't think the photo at 13:30 is of 486.

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Thank you for the correction. I will further look into this issue so I won't make the same mistake in the future. About the photo at 13:30, this image is in Wikipedia on the page of No. 486 (NZ) Squadron. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._486_Squadron_RNZAF#/media/File:486SqnVolkers1945.JPG

@RobBremner Год назад

@@AllthingsWW2 I looked through "The Wild Winds", a history of 486 Squadron by Paul Sortehaug, and the photo is of 486 but was taken at Kestrup in June 1945.

@unclebullfrog7319 Год назад

@@RobBremner Sorry Rob, a typo. It should have been 486.

@chuckokelley2448 4 месяца назад

Very well done, my friend.

@clarencehopkins7832 3 месяца назад

Excellent stuff bro

@marklelohe3754 Год назад

Excellent report good work.

@vladimirdorta6692 Год назад

Very interesting video about one of the great fighters of WW2. And thanks for naming Pierre Clostermann, I still remember his book "Le Grand Cirque" (The Big Show) fondly.

@briansteffmagnussen9078 Год назад

To the end question. My answer is that it might not be piston powered,. But the Super Tucano shows that there are more potential in the prop driven planes. The Tempest would have deserved to get rid of the big lump for an turboprop engine. But if it had one the weight balance would probably cause an so dramatic change that the original design would need an complete workover.

@Ob1sdarkside Год назад

That artwork is lovely, a really nice piece

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Thank you!

@paullubliner6221 6 месяцев назад

Enjoyed it, well done.

@peterrollinson-lorimer Месяц назад

Brilliantly done documentary, full marks.

@adamwash917 Год назад

learn something new every day, great video

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Thank you!

@smigoltime Год назад

Tempest my beloved

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

And from the Axis? D-9?

@bigdmac33 Год назад

First class presentation and yes, the artwork is superb.

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Thank you!

@thethirdman225 Месяц назад

Kermit Weeks is in the process of restoring a Tempest Mk V to airworthy condition. Importantly, he has a Napier Sabre engine with next to no hours on it. There are a number of videos about this on his channel.

@eastwest1362 Месяц назад

great report !

@MrMan5014 Год назад

The Tempest was such an overlooked fighter plane!..I’m so glad you made a video on it!..if you looked quickly at the MkII and the Seafury you would think they were the same!…I would have loved to see how the Seafury would have faired against Axis aircraft…in my opinion I believe it was the best mass produced fighter plane ever made…the Bearcat would be a very close second!…the only plane that I think could have given them both a run for their money would be the Goodyear built F2G Corsair…

@jacktattis 7 месяцев назад

No allied radial plane could match the Spitfire or the Tempest even after the MkIX Focke Wulf went to liquid cooled engines

@franksgattolin8904 Год назад

Thank you! Outstanding presentation.

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Thank you!

@manuwilson4695 Год назад

The Napier Sabre engine. What a MONSTER!

@Joop.23-2-63 Год назад

Agree, but to many moving parts......

@manuwilson4695 Год назад

@@Joop.23-2-63 TOO many!...spelling mate!🙄

@butchclay8126 4 месяца назад

Great video: Lots of good information on the long development of the plane that to me is one of the finest, most handsome fighters ever made...the Sea Fury.

@gordonwallin2368 4 месяца назад

Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

@robertbruce1887 3 месяца назад

Great documentary, quite thorough & informative. Great to have a picture of great pilot & author ( The Big Show) Pierre Closterman. Read his book in high school , great reading. Interesting to note that the Tempest was the best V-1 destroyer.

@ianhigh4354 4 месяца назад

It should be noted that the 'outdated' Typhoon with it's excellent low altitude performance and high ordinance capacity played a significant role during and after D-DAY in the ground attack role whilst the Tempests were reserved as V1 killers. Thus proving that you can teach an old dog new tricks, and the demarcation of fighter / fighter-bomber aircraft into specialised roles which continued into the 21st century. The Tempest was undoubtedly the king of the British WW2 dog fighters and a superb, often forgotten, aircraft. Thank you for such an excellent review.

@-lightningwill-6014 7 дней назад

Hollywood can overshadow history, but great history can't be outshadowed

@zulubeatz1 11 месяцев назад

Great feature thanks

@nickhimaras9331 Год назад

Solid, informative piece about a great aircraft. A more detailed reference to some of those who flew and maintained this aircraft would complete this effort.

@colinmiles1052 Год назад

Interesting and informative video - thanks.

@philipthomas2918 Год назад

In the mid 60's a Tempest was in the former Sky Fame museum at Staverton Airport located between Gloucester and Cheltenham. It was impressive, very high nose. Wonder where it is now?

@gerarddelmonte8776 Год назад

For an evocative account of the Tempest MK Vs in action, a must-read is French Ace Pierre Clostermann's great book, The Big Show, which no less than William Faulkner said was one of the great WWII books.

@MartinMcAvoy Год назад

Great tip, thanks!

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Loved that book!

@gar6446 Год назад

It's a fantastic read, jam packed with interesting historical information. Pierrepont Clostermann D.S.O D.F.C.

@youtubejack7713 Год назад

like the custom artwork!! 🔥

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Thank you!

@stefphoenix9642 Год назад

Tempest , Sea Fury, Bearcat and Mustang have been the peak of piston engine fighters, the end of an era

@jeremyrichards8327 Год назад

Excellent description of a superb and underrated aircraft. The Typhoons were nicknamed " Robson's" due to their ability to catch fire on startup. Yes poor data from NACA meant the design was hamstrung from the start. However as always the British made the Typhoon into a superb ground attack aircraft with a mighty punch. Beaumont heaped praise on the Tempest when he flew it and Pierre Clostermann's book The Big Show is well worth reading.

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Thank you! Yes, I loved The Big Show, such an entertaining book. I never got around to reading anything written by Beaumont, unfortunately. Now my next one is going to be "Reach for the Sky." The story of Douglas Bader should've been something I read a long time ago.

@jeremyrichards8327 Год назад

@@AllthingsWW2 Beamont gives a description of testing the Tempest in " Testing Years" amongst other aircraft including TSR2 which was way ahead of the opposition at the time.. I have just started reading "Wings on my Sleeve" by Eric " Winkle" Brown. Another wartime survivor and with a tribute comment from Bill Humble ( test pilot) who is in a famous Tempest picture flying from Langley. Don't forget the name is Beamont as it is frequently mis spelled.

@peterwebb8732 Год назад

“Against the Sun” is Roland Beamont’s recounting of his experience of both Typhoon and Tempest. He rated it very highly.

@silasfatchett7380 9 месяцев назад

Not 'Robsons' but 'Ronsons' after the Ronson cigarette lighter.

@jeremyrichards8327 9 месяцев назад

@@silasfatchett7380 Yes thanks a typo on my part.

@boris8787 Год назад

I still love the mighty SPITFIRE as seen in the 1944 movie set in the town of Chillingbourne.

@derrickodyes1934 Год назад

Nice video hard to find info on typhoon/tempest

@nnoddy8161 Год назад

Sea Fury deserves its own video. Great stuff!

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Thank you! The Sea Fury is indeed a great aircraft!

@bernardcandlin7733 11 месяцев назад

Excellent video you really know your subject welldone

@brianswan921 9 месяцев назад

Very nice informative video 👏 great subject matter

@bobsakamanos4469 Месяц назад

Old Sydney Camm finally got it right with the Tempest II and Fury fighters, although he borrowed heavily from other successful designs.

@RemusKingOfRome Год назад

Another excellent video. Art work is also excellent.

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Thank you!

@stephengardiner9867 4 месяца назад

The radial-engined Tempest was the true "way forward" for the type as it did away with the Sabre engine that could be temperamental and it paved the way for the Sea Fury, one of the "super props".

@Wadaryu1000 Год назад

Very interesting, great video.

@AllthingsWW2 Год назад

Thank you!

@manricobianchini5276 Год назад

Always loved the Tempest!

@tranceguide9752 Год назад

The Hawker Sea Fury, essentially a lighter, fighter variant of the Tempest, was the only fighter able to take on the MIG 15 in the Korean War - until the Saber was rushed into service.

@steppenwolf1872 10 месяцев назад

The Fury was a superbe radial engine machine.

@sandemike 9 месяцев назад

Not correct a Corsair also shot down a Mig15.

@imperialinquisition6006 8 месяцев назад

Not really correct. A sea Fury did indeed shoot down a Mig-15, however so did several other aircraft including the Corsair, Meteor F8 etc… These were all outclassed in the air to air role by the MiG-15, whereas the Sabre was more of an equal. So basically it’s not really the only fighter able to take on the MiG-15 pre-sabre, rather one of a few older aircraft which were able to score kills against MiG-15s.

@sandemike 8 месяцев назад

You forget the Panther that shot down 4 Mig's in a dogfight and was hushed up because they were Russian pilots. Silly of us British to give the Rolls Royce Nene engine to the Russians but the Panther had them as well.

@tranceguide9752 8 месяцев назад

@@sandemike Yes, I forgot the Panther. I thought the Panther used the R.R. Tay engine? After the disappointment of the Allison J33 engine?