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Summary of History |
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| Date | Note | |
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1945 |
Built at Hawker Aircraft Ltd at Langley (Contract ACFT/2438/C.23(a)). |
MW848 |
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May 1948 |
Bought by Hawker from RAF surplus stocks, refurbished and sold to India. |
HA623 |
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1948 |
Delivered to Indian Air Force. |
HA623 |
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1969- |
On display at IAF Museum, Palam AB, New Delhi. |
HA623 |
HA623 towed past during the Air Force Parade Day at Palam, New Dehli, on 8 October 1997. (Copyright Simon Watson)
A newly restored HA623 at the India Air Force Museum, Palam. Photo taken in March 2020 by Arjun Sarup.
Sources:
Simon Watson WINGMAN AVIATION@ aol.com
Arjun Sarup
The Hawker Typhoon & Tempest Story by Chris Thomas
4+ Publication Hawker Tempest
