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                         - Mark I

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                         - Mark III+IV

                         - Mark V

                         - Mark VI

                         - Target Tugs

                         - Annular Radiator

             - Engines »

                         - Napier Sabre

                         - Bristol Centaurus

             - Armament/Drop tanks

             - Tactical Trials

 

 

In Action »

            - World War 2

            - The V-1s

            - Post War

            - In India

            - In Pakistan

            - Units

            - Airfields »

                        - Ayr

                        - Bradwell Bay

                        - Castle Camps

                        - Chilbolton

                        - Hunsdon

                        - Manston

                        - Newchurch

                        - Odiham

                        - Warmwell

 

 

Pilots »

             - Tempest Pilots »

                        - Bailey Hughbert, Pilot Officer

                        - Beamont Roland, Wing Commander

                        - Berry Joe, Squadron Leader

                        - Brooker Peter, Wing Commander

                        - Butcher Don, Flying Officer

                        - Carn Norman, Flight Sergeant

                        - Clostermann Pierre, Flight Lieutenant

                        - Cole Bob, Flying Officer

                        - Cotes-Preedy D.V.C., Squadron Leader

                        - Cullen Jimmy, Squadron Leader

                        - Deleuze Régis, Flight Lieutenant

                        - Dregde Alan, Squadron Leader

                        - Eagleson Owen, Pilot Officer

                        - Edwards James, Squadron Leader

                        - Edwards Malcolm, Flight Lieutenant

                        - Evans Ralph, Flying Officer

                        - Fairbanks David, Squadron Leader

                        - Feldman Seymour, Flying Officer

                        - Garland John, Flight Lieutenant

                        - Hassall Ralph, Flying Officer

                        - Hawkins BLG, Flight Lieutenant

                        - Heywood Denys, Flying Officer

                        - Hibbert Walter James, Flight Lieutenant

                        - Iremonger Johnny, Squadron Leader

                        - Jongbloed G.F., Flight Lieutenant

                        - Kendall Joe, Squadron Leader

                        - Kosh Ted, Flying Officer

                        - Lawless Bruce, Flight Lieutenant

                        - Longley Harold, Flight Lieutenant

                        - MacDonald N E M, Warrant Officer

                        - Mackay Angus, Warrant Officer

                        - Mackerras D J, Flight Sergeant

                        - Mackie Evan, Wing Commander

                        - McKelvie Alexander, Sergeant

                        - Miller William, Flight Lieutenant

                        - Mills Cyril James

                        - Moore A.R., Flight Lieutenant

                        - Ness D.E., Flying Officer

                        - Payton Jim, Flying Officer

                        - Pottinger Ron, Flying Officer

                        - Schrader Warren, Wing Commander

                        - Shaw Harry, Pilot Officer

                        - Sheddan Jimmy, Squadron Leader

                        - Smith Keith Alexander, Flying Officer

                        - Spence John, Flying Officer

                        - Spurdle Robert, Squadron Leader

                        - Stafford John, Flight Lieutenant

                        - Sweetman Harvey, Squadron Leader

                        - Taylor-Cannon Keith, Squadron Leader

                        - Umbers Arthur, Squadron Leader

                        - Vaissier Jean, Lieutenant

                        - van Lierde Remy, Flight Lieutenant

                        - Whitman George, Flying Officer

                        - Wigglesworth Kenneth Albert, Squadron Leader

                        - Worbey Stanley, Flying Officer

 

             - Tempest Top Scorers

             - Tempest Victories (All Tempest victories listed, including +150 Combat Reports)

 

 

Survivors »

             - Tempest survivors

             - EJ693

             - HA623

             - LA607

             - MW376

             - MW404/MW758

             - MW763

             - MW810

             - NV778

             - PR536

             - Ted Sinclair's cockpits

             - Mk. IIs at Poona

             - EJ600

             - EJ603

             - NV981

 

 

Contributions »

             Photos »

                         - Flight Lieutenant Malcolm F Edwards collection

                         - Hinaidi To Fritzlar, An RAF Fitter's Photographs

                         - Tempest NV661 (Target Tug) recovered from ditching at sea off Sylt 1954

                         - Gerald Lawrence's collection

                         - David Adderley's photo of NV778

                         - Gerald Trevor Roberts' photos

                         - Sqn Ldr Kenneth Albert Wigglesworth

                         - W/O Angus Mackay's personal photo album

                         - F/O John Spence's logbook and a personal photo

                         - No 8 Squadron, RAF, Khormaksar Aden

                         - Squadron Leader Spike Umbers

                         - F/O Don J.Butcher

                         - Sqn Ldr Kenneth Albert Wigglesworth 

                         - Flt Lt Desmond Martin's Logs + photo

                         - Researching father's war diaries 

                         - W/O Anthony Bailey

                         - Flt Lt Harry Shaw

                         - F/O Ron Pottinger

                         - Squadron Leader Joe Kendall

                         - Leading Aircraftman Harry White

                         - Tempest Mk. V with ground crew

                         - Unknown Tempest

                         - Tempest Target Tug
                         - Two photographs taken outside the Ministry of Information building in London on September 8th 1944
                         - Ashley Lamb needs help to identify the 274 Sqn pilots

                         - Boscombe Down from Jürg Läderach via Frank Schwarz

                         - Gordon Permann's Tempest Collection

                         - Photos taken by Peter R Arnold at the International Alloys circa 1958

                         - John Beavin's Tempest photo

                         - Wouter's Tempest photos

                         - Peter Celis' Tempest photos

                         - Recognition photos

                         - Tempest Mk II (PR778) crash

 

            Stories »

                         - TEMPEST DOWN One of our aircraft is missing...

                         - Tempests 1947-1949

                         - Joe Berry; the forgotten Ace

                         - Notes from Flight Officer Gilbert Wild

                         - Jim Raymond remembers flying Hawker Tempest II in Pakistan

                         - On the background to the book, The Big Circus (Le Grande Cirque)

                         - My search for Ralph - The Canadian Connection

                         - The Beamont Files

                         - BATTLE DAMAGE!

                         - The Catter Pillar Club

                         - The Jack Stafford Stories

                         - He routed the Doodlebugs - A story about Squadron Leader Joseph Berry

                         - Testing for combat

                         - Scheemda Visit

                         - Tempest victory on 15 April 1945 in Kaltenkirchen

                         - Goering's Tempest

                         - The Greatest Engines of All Time

                         - Olaf Ramien read the story "Bill Balmforth, parachute packer"

                         - Leading Aircraftman Walter Reed

                         - A Tempest nut in Paris

                         - The Electronic War and the Tempest

                         - The Berrys' visit to Holland

                         - The Napier Sabre - the apotheosis of the high-performance piston engine

                         - Bill Balmforth, parachute packer

                         - Graham's Strange Objects

                         - An unusual Tempest

                         - Tempest Comic

 

 

In Detail »

            Walkaround Hawker Tempests »

                         - Hawker Tempest Mk. V EJ693

                         - Hawker Tempest Mk. II LA607

                         - Hawker Tempest TT NV778

                         - Hawker Tempest Mk. II MW376

                         - Hawker Tempest Mk. II MW763

                         - Hawker Tempest Mk. II PR536

                         - Misc Napier Sabre engines

             Drawings »

                        - Richard J. Caruana's drawings

                        - A. L. Bentley's drawings

                        - Misc. Drawings

             Mk. II in detail »

                        - Introduction

                        - Cockpit

                        - Tailplane

                        - Wing

                        - Radio installation

                        - Undercarriage

                        - Tailwheel unit

                        - Retractable Footstep

                        - Engine

                        - Drop Tanks

            Profiles »

                        - Chris Thomas' Profiles

                        - Claes Lundin's Profiles

                        - Graham Berry's Profiles

                        - Gaëtan Marie's Profiles

                        - Briyeo's Profiles

                        - Misc Profiles

            - Colours and Markings

            - Colours

            - Stencils

 

 

Models »

            Radio Controlled (+ 50 designs) »

            Static »

                        Plastic kits for Tempests (Links to reviews listed)

                                     - Modeling Notes for the Eduard Hawker Tempest V converted to a Hawker Tempest VI by Jeremy Petersen

                        Scratchbuilt Tempest models

            Control-line Tempest models

            Free-flight Tempest models

            Card Model Tempests

            Misc. Tempest Models

 

 

Multimedia »

            Latest Releases »

                       - Latest Tempest Books

                       - Latest Tempest Magazines

                       - Latest Tempest DVDs/VHSs

                       - Audio CD

            Tempest bibliography (Tempest in books and magazines)

            Tempest Movies (Including links to movies on other sites)

            Tempest Art »

                       - by Philippe Abbet

                       - by Anders Andersson

                       - by Kurt Basslé

                       - by Brian Bateman

                       - by Graham Berry

                       - by Ivan Berryman

                       - by Benjamin Freudenthal

                       - by Geoff Nutkins

                       - by Manuel Perales

                       - by Vlastimil Suchy

                       - by Frank Schwarz

                       - by Ronald Wong

                       - Misc.

            Sound files

            iPhone App "Clostermann"

            Simulators »

                       - Combat Flight Simulator

                       - IL2 STURMOVIK

                       - Misc. Sims

 

 

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