Fighter Command had 656 aircraft consisting of 29 Hawker Hurricane, 19 Supermarine Spitfire, 6 Bristol Blenheim and 2 Boulton Paul Defiant squadrons. It could also call on Nos. 804 and 808 Naval Air Squadrons,

who at the time were using the Hawker Hind, on the 20th September 1938 and by the time the Second World War (1939 - 1945) broke out in September 1939 ten squadrons were using the Hampden and early reconnaissance

21, 464 and 487 Squadron, escorted by fourteen Hawker Typhoons attack Amiens prison in France with the intention of releasing resistance and political prisoners by breaching the prison wall. Whilst the

larger numbers and the aircraft's vulnerability to the Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire saw the aircraft move to night operations and other roles. One of these roles was as a transport aircraft

re-equipped with either the Supermarine Spitfire or Hawker Hurricane. The RAF also took delivery of the Mk II fitted with a 856-hp Bristol Mercury VIIIA which had specifically been fitted with gun synchronisation

Specification P.27/32 for an aircraft to replace the Hawker Hart as a light day bomber. This called for a single engined two-seater monoplane able to fly 1,000 miles and have a speed of 200 mph whilst

and working alongside the Hawker Hurricane, would find success in the ground attack role. A number were also converted to two-seater trainers. As the attempts to improve the P-40 had still left its

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engine woes as the Napier Sabre was now being given to Hawker Typhoon production only. This would see the Warwick go full circle and be powered by a Bristol engine, this time the Centaurus. Once again

aircraft wasn't a completely new idea as when the Hawker Typhoon entered service on the 11th September 1941 they resembled the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 when viewed from certain angles leading to a few 'friendly