Hawker Tempest - Sweat Shirt Airacobra Initially the F-111 was considered

Initially the F-111 was considered but the option of ordering the Phantom was taken with alteration to engines

The USAAF used the B-17 for daylight bombing over Germany and also in the Pacific against Japanese targets

Christmas day 1940 a Martlet shot down a Junkers Ju88 over Scapa Flow which was the first combat victory by a US built fighter in British service in World War II

The Swift first flew 29th December 1948

5 Group RAF became 617 under the command of Wing Commander Guy Gibson with crews made up of many nationalities including the Royal Australian Air Force

Hawker Tempest - Sweat Shirt Airacobra Initially the F-111 was consideredHawker Tempest The Tempest was to be called the Typhoon II, but entered service in 1944 as the Tempest. The Tempest was mainly used at low level and for intercepting V 1 Flying Bombs as the aircraft was a superb gun platform. In the latter part of the war the Tempest was very effective at destroying ground targets as well as combat against the Me262, being the fastest single engine propellor aircraft at the time. The Hawker Sea Fury was an evolution