Hawker Tempest

The Hawker Tempest is a British fighter aircraft of World War II. It was also used as an attack aircraft. The Royal Air Force used it for rockets and bomb attacks for D-Day.

Hawker Tempest
RAF's Hawker tempest.
Role	Fighter & attack aircraft.
National origin	UK
Manufacturer	Hawker
First flight	1942
Introduction	1944
Status	Out of service
Primary user	Royal Air Force
Number built	1702 examples

Hawker Tempest Media

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  Painting of two Tempest aircraft attacking a V-1 flying bomb in the sky above a farmhouse

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  Tempest Mk.III prototype LA610

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  Tempest Mk.V prototype with bubble canopy and Mk V tail, but with 20 mm Hispano Mk.II guns.

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  Tempest SN354, outfitted with experimental 47 mm class P guns and standard smaller four-spoke wheels

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  Tempest Mk II prototype with bubble canopy and Mk V tail, but with 20 mm Hispano Mk.II guns.

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  New Tempest IIs of the first production batch at Hawker Aircraft. Note the closely cowled engine and the carburettor and oil-cooler intakes in the starboard wing's inner leading edge.

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  A Royal Air Force Hawker Tempest F Mk VI (serial NX201), in August 1945. NX201 was delivered to 6 Squadron RAF ("JV-U") at Nikosia, Cyprus, in 1947 and served in the Middle East until 1949.