Typhoon and Tempest Aces of World War 2

by Chris Thomas and Chris Thomas

Hawker Typhoon and Tempest - two aircraft types with widely differing reputations. The former was a technical nightmare redeemed as a ground attack machine, whilst the latter proved to be the most superlative low and medium level fighter to see service with the RAF, and arguably any air force, during the latter stages of World War 2. With 246 enemy aircraft destroyed by the Typhoon and 239 by the Tempest, over 40 aces flew one or both types in combat,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1855327791
• ISBN13: 9781855327795
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.2" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

Typhoon and Tempest Aces

It's common practice to pack these planes together - Typhoon and Tempest at War, Typhoon and Tempest in Action, - and so now the exploits of the Typhoon and Tempest Aces. And they are listed all, including Mr. Pierre Closterman with just 11 kills, as the other reviewer already noticed. Makes you long for "French Aces", doesn't it? But Mr. Closterman does get mentioned on pages 69 and 70, and you get a photograph of him and his plane as well. What I especially liked, apart from the pilot stories, was the the last part of the book with the bibliography on page 96, the explanation that goes with the forty superb colour plates and the scale drawings of the various Typhoon versions - the Typhoon was well known for the teething problems in the first versions which gets a nice coverage - culminating into the beautifull sleek Tempest.

VERY GOOD !

Inside this series approach, this book is very good. Chris THomas did a marvellous job. I only missed an explanation for tha confirmed kills of Pierre CLostermann who, in his book "THE BIG SHOW", tells that he has 33 victories, but RAF only gives him 11 (a very wide gap! )