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Tempest in Books

 

- 2ND TACTICAL AIR FORCE Vol. 1, Spartan to Normandy* by Christopher Shores & Chris Thomas

- 2ND TACTICAL AIR FORCE Vol. 2, Breakout to Bodenplatte* by Christopher Shores & Chris Thomas

- 2ND TACTICAL AIR FORCE Vol. 3, From the Rhine to Victory* by Christopher Shores & Chris Thomas

- 2ND TACTICAL AIR FORCE Vol. 4, Volume 4: Squadrons, Camouflage and Markings, Weapons and Tactics 1943-1945*by Christopher Shores & Chris Thomas  

- 501 (CofG) SQUADRON*by David Watkins and Phil Listemann

- ACES HIGH* by Christopher Shores

- ACES HIGH II* by Christopher Shores

- AGAINST THE SUN* (The Story of Wing Commander Roland Beamont D.S.O., O.B.E., D.F.C) by Edward Lanchbery

- ALLIED AIRCRAFT PISTON ENGINES OF WORLD WAR II by Graham White

- A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE OPERATIONAL LIFE OF 122 WING, 83 GROUP* Published by Kobenhavn: J H Schultz, 1945

- A VIEW FROM THE OFFICE by Ron Pottinger (Hardback format)

- A VIEW FROM THE OFFICE* by Ron Pottinger (A4 Format)

- BRITISH PISTON AERO-ENGINES AND THEIR AIRCRAFT by Alec S. C. Lumsden

- BY-LINE - Selected Articles and Dispatches of Four Decades* by Ernest Hemingway Includes a chapter where Hemingway visits the Tempest Wing during the V1 period.

- CAMOUFLAGE & MARKINGS NO. 4* Hawker Tornado, Typhoon & Tempest by R.C. Jones and R.L. Ward

- CAMOUFLAGE & MARKINGS Royal Air Force 1939-1945

- COLD WAR SHIELD: RAF Fighter Squadrons 1950-1960. Volume 1. Spitfire Tempest Hornet Mosquito & Meteor Squadrons by Roger Lindsay

- DET STORA VANSINNET (Le Grand Cirque)* by Pierre Clostermann

- DIVER! DIVER! DIVER!* RAF and American Fighter Pilots Battle the V-1 Assault Over South-East England 1944-45 by Brian Cull with Bruce Lander

- EAGLES OF DESTINY by Usman Shabbir and Yawar Mazhar

- FAMOUS AIRPLANES OF THE WORLD SERIES No. 70 Typhoon and Tempest

- FLIGHTPATH TO MURDER* by Steve Darlow

- FLYING TO THE LIMIT by Roland Beamont

- FLYPAST Reference Library* - Hawker by Donald Hannah

- GEKITSUI-OH by Pierre Clostermann

- HAWKER TEMPEST* by Dusan Mikolas, Modelpres

- HAWKER TEMPEST MKS. II to VIs No. 55 in the Warpaint series* by Richard J. Caruana.

- HAWKER TEMPEST Mks. I, V, II, VI, TT Mks. 5, 6* by 4+ Publication

- HAWKER TEMPEST AND SEA FURY* by Robert Jackson

- Hawker Tornado, Typhoon, Tempest V (Spot on)* by Janusz Światłoń

- HAWKER TYPHOON/TEMPEST* Famous Airplanes of the World No. 63

- Hawker Typhoon and Tempest: A Formidable Pair* by Philip Birtles

- LEADING FROM THE COCKPIT: A fighter pilot's story by Air Chief Marshal H. Moolgavkar

- LE GRAND CIRQUE 2000* by Pierre Clostermann

- LE GRAND CIRQUE by Pierre Clostermann

- LE GRAND CIRQUE by Manuel Perales

- LE GRAND CIRQUE 2 by Manuel Perales

- LE GRAND CIRQUE 3* by Manuel Perales

- Low-Level Typhoon and Tempest Aces of World War 2 Aircraft of the Aces #40 by Chris Thomas

- MY PART OF THE SKY* by Roland Beamont

- NAPIER POWERED Compiled by Alan Vessey

- OPERATION BODENPLATTE: Kagero Topcolors 13 by Marek J Murawski

- Pierre CLOSTERMANN Journal de sa vie opérationnelle Janvier 1943 - Août 1945 by Georges-Eric Coisne

- PILOT´S NOTES FOR TEMPEST II*

- PILOT´S NOTES FOR TEMPEST V*

- PROFILE PUBLICATIONS - THE HAWKER TEMPEST I-VI number 197* by Mason

- THE HISTORY OF 122 WING, 83 Group Second Tactical Airforce* G. C. Jameson

- HE RAF WWII LOGBOOKS of Wing Commander R.P. Beamont* by J.D. Earnshaw and Mark Crame

- RUNWAYS TO VICTORY* by Peter Celis

- SIR SYDNEY CAMM - From Biplanes & 'Hurricanes' to 'Harriers' by J E Chacksfield

- SPITFIRE LEADER - The story of W.C. Evan "Rosie" Mackie* by Max C Avery with Christopher Shores

Sydney Camm: Hurricane and Harrier Designer by John Sweetman

- TEMPEST AT WAR by Arthur Reed and Roland Beamont

- MOSQUITO, TYPHOON,TEMPEST AT WAR* by Arthur Reed and Roland Beamont

- TEMPEST - HAWKER'S OUTSTANDING PISTON-ENGINED FIGHTER* by Tony Buttler

- TEMPEST OVER EUROPE* by Roland Beamont

- TEMPEST PILOT* by CJ Sheddan with Norman Franks

- Tempest II - An illustrated history of the Tempest Mk. II by Christopher Thomas

- Tempest V - An illustrated history of the Temporary Tempest* by Christopher Thomas

Tempest V vs Fw 190D-9: 1944–45 (Duel)* by Robert Forsyth

- TERROR FROM THE SKY* by Graham A. Thomas

- THE BIG SHOW* by Pierre Clostermann

- THE BLUE ARENA* by Bob Spurdle

- Airframe & Miniature No.4: The Hawker Tempest* by Richard A. Franks

- Airframe & Miniature No.4: The Hawker Tempest (extended 2nd edition)* by Richard A. Franks

- The Hawker Tempest Mk V: - The New Zealanders - (SQUADRONS! Book 50)* by Phil Listemann

- THE HAWKER TYPHOON AND TEMPEST* by Francis K. Mason

- THE HAWKER TYPHOON, TEMPEST AND SEA FURY* by Kev Darling

- THE LONG DRAG - A Short History of British Target Towing by Don Evans

- THE SECRET HORSEPOWER RACE: WESTERN FRONT FIGHTER ENGINE by Calum E. Douglas

- THE TYPHOON & TEMPEST STORY* by Chris Thomas & Christopher Shores

- THE YEARS FLEW PAST* by Roland Beamont

- TYPHOON/TEMPEST IN ACTION* Squadron/Signal publication No 102 by Jerry Scutts

- TYPHOON AND TEMPEST ACES OF WORLD WAR 2* Osprey Aircraft of the Aces, No 27 by Chris Thomas

- TYPHOON AND TEMPEST: The Canadian Story* by Hugh A. Halliday

- THE WILD WINDS by Paul Sortehaug

- THOSE OTHER EAGLES* by Christopher Shores

- UNE SACRÉE GUERRE! by Pierre Clostermann

- V1 Flying Bomb Aces - Aircraft of the Aces 113* by Andrew Thomas 

  

Tempest in Magazines

 

- AEROPLANE April 2000* (Restoration report of MW763)

- AEROPLANE September 2000* (One of the Few: Roland Beamont CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar)

- AEROPLANE March 2001 (Hawker Tempest VIs over Aden)

- AEROPLANE November 2001* (Restoration report of MW763 and Tempests in the desert)

- AEROPLANE May 2002* (Doddlebug Summer extracts from a TV interview with W/C Roland Beamont)

- AEROPLANE June 2006* ("Battling the Buzzbombs". Personal memoirs of Ron Pottinger, a former 3 Sqn Hawker Tempest pilot)

- AEROPLANE February 2011* (Hawker Tempest Pilot)

- AEROPLANE March 2011* (Booker's Beauties, Personal Plane Services at work)

- AEROPLANE October 2011* (The Third Shall be First with the Tempest)

- AEROPLANE March 2013* (Tempest Database)

- AEROPLANE September 2014 (Doodlebugs over London, V-1 Attacks 70 Years On)

- AEROPLANE February 2020* (Tempest (PR536) for Cosford)

- AEROPLANE April 2023* (Power games)

- AEROPLANE MONTHLY July 1991* (Restoration report of HA457/PR536)

- AEROPLANE MONTHLY June 1992 - Jan 1993* (Tempest Summer by Roland Beamont)

- AEROPLANE MONTHLY* (Forties Favourites - 4)

- AIRFORCE MAGAZINE Vol. 22 No. 1 Spring 1998* (Downing V-1 Flying Bombs, about Seymour Feldman)

- AIR INTERNATIONAL Feb 2005 (Volume 20 No.2)* (Hawker's Tempestous Finale)

- AIRPLANE, The Complete Aviation Encyclopedia, Volume 14 Issue 168 (Hawker Tempest & Hawker Sea Fury)

- AIR SUPERIORITY: A CASE OF STUDY 122 WING* (Air Enthusiast/Forty-eight) by John T Smith

- AVIATION TIME 3-2002 (industan is ablaze. First part of articles is devoted to combat operations of Indian and Pakistan AF. 6 photos, Hawker Tempest Mk.II fighter drawing, scale 1:72, 5 aircraft colourings)

- AVIONS N° 151 mai-juin 2006 (dedicated to the memory of the late Pierre Clostermann)

- AVIONS 227 - N° SPECIAL CLOSTERMANN*

- ENGINE TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL March 2006* The Greatest Engines of All Time - Napier Sabre by LJK Setrigh

- FLIGHT March 3rd 1945 Napier Sabre II

- FLIGHT November 22nd 1945 Napier Sabre VII

- FLIGHT July 25th 1946 Napier Flight Development (Annular Tempest)

- FLIGHT October 3rd 1946 Spinning Intake (Ducted Annular Tempest installation)

- FLIGHT October 7th 1948 Annular Tempest 6 in the Air

- FLIGHT JOURNAL December 2009* Death at Daybreak by Jack Stafford

- FLYING SCALE MODELS January 2010*

- FLYING SCALE MODELS March 2012*

- FLYING SCALE MODELS December 2014*

- FLYPAST Sept 1992* (Hawker's Tempest is 50 this month by Ken Wixey and Tempest fugit by Dave Allport, progress of MW376)

- FLYPAST Nov 1996 (Tempest Ground Attack)

- FLYPAST March 1997 (Tempest trouble)

- FLYPAST Aug 1998* (What a beauty! by Anthony L Butler)

- FLYPAST May 2002* (Special Hawker Tempest fold-out)

- FLYPAST July 2002* (Tempests in Germany and Tempests in Iraq)

- FLYPAST July 2003* (Cosford rolls out a masterpiece)

- FLYPAST Feb 2004* (Hendon's Milestones opens in style, RAF Lübeck, Photos from Jack Stafford, History of No. 6 Sqn)

- FLYPAST April 2005* (A tribute to 16 and 54 Squadrons and letter from Flt Lt Geoff Wheeler who flew Tempest Mk V and II with 33 Sqn)

- FLYPAST Sept 2007* ("Stay Focussed", three pages about Fg Off Brian "Oke" O'Connor who flew with 486 Sqn)

- FLYPAST January 2010* (MW404 for sale)

- FLYPAST October 2011* (Indian Vintage Aircraft Flight takes shape)

- FLYPAST May 2015* (Tempest - Behind the scenes)

- FLYPAST June 2015* (Kermit Weeks speaks to Darren Harbar about progress on his long-term Hawker Tempest restoration)

- FLYPAST October 2016* (Among the greats - Historian James Holland examines the career of Pierre Clostermann)

- FLYPAST December 2016* (Spotlight: Hawker Tempest)

- FLYPAST January 2018* (From the workshop: A kit of parts MW763)

- FLYPAST February 2020* (Tempting reality - At last an Airworthy Tempest?)

- FLYPAST January 2021* (Hawker Tempest restoration proceeds at RAF Museum)

- FLYPAST March 2021* (Inside stories: Pierre Clostermann)

- FLYPAST December 2022* (FLYPAST CLASSICS: HAWKER TEMPEST)

- IPMS Magazine January 1970* 

- MODEL AIRCRAFT MONTHLY May 2004* (RAF Post War Tempest Colours and Tempestuous Twosome)

- MODEL AIRCRAFT MONTHLY Oct 2004* (Annular Cowling Tempest and Letter of the month)

- MODEL AIRPLANE INTERNATIONAL MAY 2006* (An Appreciation Pierre Clostermann by Richard J. Caruana)

- MODEL AIRPLANE INTERNATIONAL MARCH 2014* (Daniel Zamarbide Suárez builds the PCM 1:32 Tempest Mk V)

- MODEL AIRPLANE NEWS April 1996* (In Focus: Hawker Tempest by Mike Cherry)

- PILOT 3/1976 (Jakt efter hämnd, Swedish comic)

- RCM&E August 2010 (Hawker Tempest - Alfa's fine little fighter)

- RCM&E June 2011* (Spotlight on scale - Tempest II and Paul Metcalf's 1/4,5-scale Tempest Mk.II)

- RCM&E March 2015* (Clubman Scale Feature: Tempest V)

- R/C MODEL WORLD March 2011 (Tempest Mk.V ARF, Alfa Model’s electric warbird tested)

- R/C SCALE AIRCRAFT Oct/Nov 1992* (The Hawker Tempest V)

- R/C SCALE AIRCRAFT Aug/Sept 1995* (Hawker Tempest 2)

- RC Scale International - 2nd issue (Hawker Tempest Mk. V - A stunning warbird!)

- REPLIC No 70, June 1997 (Hawker Tempest Mk. V)

- REVI 65/2006* (Nová metoda/A new method)

- SCALE AIRCRAFT MODELING April 1996 (Aircraft in Detail: Hawker Tempest)

- SCALE AVIATION MODELLER Aug 1998*

- SCALE AVIATION MODELLER Dec 2002* (Hawker Tempest)

- SCALE AVIATION MODELLER Nov 2006* (Homage to "Cloclo", Scale Plans and 11 colour profiles)

- SCALE AVIATION MODELLER Jan 2012*  (Modellers Profile No 54, Tempest Tossed and Late Tempest Models)

- SCALE MODELS Feb 1973* (Hawker Tempest)

- SECOND TO NONE - Anniversary Edition 2021 (Remembering PAF's first fighter "Tempest II")

- SUPER MODEL Nr 3(7)/2006* (Samoloty Clostermanna)

- TAMIYA MODEL MAGAZINE No 30 (Nov/Dec 97)  (Hawker Tempest Mk V)

- TEMPEST - Unsung power player*

- THE AEROPLANE March 2 1945* (The Hawker Tempest - Part I Production)

- THE AEROPLANE March 9 1945* (The Hawker Tempest - Part II Construction)

- THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AIRCRAFT, issue 168 (Hawker Tempest & Sea Fury)

- WRECK RECOVERY After the Battle, issue no. 118

- WWII FIGHTERS 2021 - Hawker Tempest, A Kiwi pilots goes to war

 

 



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Stephan Frappier's 1/5-scale Hawker Tempest Mk. II, Vailly Aviation design.

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