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IAF Museum's Hawker Tempest Mk. II (HA623), towed past during the Air Force Parade Day

at Palam, New Dehli, on 8 October 1997.  (Copyright Simon Watson)

 

Summary of History

Date Note Code/Serial

1945

Built at Hawker Aircraft Ltd at Langley (Contract ACFT/2438/C.23(a)).

MW848

May 1948

Bought by Hawker from RAF surplus stocks, refurbished and sold to India.

HA623

1948

Delivered to Indian Air Force.

HA623

1969-

On display at IAF Museum, Palam AB, New Delhi.

HA623

 

 

Do you have more information or is something wrong? Any corrections to this list are most welcome.
Please send me an e-mail./ Christer Landberg

 

 

 

HA623 at the India Air Force Museum, Palam. More interesting reading about the IAF:

check out Jagan's site Warbirds of India. (Copyright P V S Jagan Mohan)

 

 

 

Sources:

Simon Watson WINGMAN AVIATION@ aol.com
P V S Jagan Mohan
The Hawker Typhoon & Tempest Story by Chris Thomas
4+ Publication Hawker Tempest

 

 

 


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