The Hawker Typhoon was a single-seat, fighter-bomber that was operated by The Royal Air Force during World War Two. Entering service with the RAF in May of 1942. The Typhoon initially was used as powerful counter to the Luftwaffe’s ‘Tip and Run’ low level nuisance raids over Southern England. In 1943 the Typhoon operations were switched to a ground attack role. Were it would play a key role during the invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Flying numerous close air support missions in support of the Allied Forces.
In the wake of the Normandy landings until the end of the war in Europe. The Typhoons of the RAF flew numerous low level ground attack missions. However, with the end of the Second World War, resulted in the type was withdrawn from service by October 1945. Earning its place in history as an important aircraft of the Second World War.
The model by Academy is a wonderful detailed kit of this legendary aircraft. However, the decals not so much. I ended up replacing them with a much better set of spare RAF decals. And with a custom set of letters decals, made by me with white inkjet decal paper. I also made a small Refuel and Rearm airstrip diorama for the model. Made from a section of the Italeri 1/72 scale Pierced Steel Planking diorama set.