Hawker Tempest - Britain's Apex Fighter

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The Hawker Tempest was a British fighter that saw action in the closing stages of the Second World War, where it proved to be a match against Germany's latest designs, earning it a place in history as one of the best piston-powered fighter aircraft ever made.
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00:04 History
15:24 Opinion and Conclusion
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Conclusion:
- The British Grenadiers Fife and Drum
Sources
- Tempest Squadrons of the RAF - By Chris Thomas
- Typhoon and Tempest Aces of World War 2 - By Chris Thomas
- 2nd Tactical Air Force Volume 1- 3 - By Christopher Shores & Chris Thomas
- Hawker Typhoon, Tempest and Sea Fury - By Kev Darling
- Profile Publications Number 197 - The Hawker Tempest I-VI - By Francis K. Mason
- Tempest V vs Fw 190D-9 - By Robert Forsyth
- The Secret Horsepower Race - By Calum E. Douglas
- Several other sources like aircraft manuals and tests
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@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Sorry for the long wait for this video, things will pick up now, once again. Next will be a Japanese aircraft, one that is less known. Until then, thank you for watching.

@smigoltime Жыл бұрын

Ki-46 maybe ? :D

@rodneypayne4827 Жыл бұрын

@@smigoltime I could name 5 very important and widely used Japanese aircraft that that don't get the recognition they deserve. Eg.Ki45 Toryu and Ki 44 Shoki fighters.

@smigoltime Жыл бұрын

@@rodneypayne4827 G3M and G4M, H6K and H8K, Ki-45 and Ki-46, Ki-44... yea

@FirstDagger Жыл бұрын

@@smigoltime ; Basically the entire War Thunder Japanese tech tree besides the Zero, Val and Kate.

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

I've been toying around with the "Dinah" idea for a while, but no, it will be far less known than the Ki-46! I don't think you've shot this one down in Warthunder!

@callenclarke371 7 ай бұрын

This video leaves no stone unturned. Sixteen and a half minutes and just about every question I have about this aircraft has been answered. Well done.

@brucefairbanks6254 6 ай бұрын

David Fairbanks was my uncle. I thank you for this video, in the name of "The Terror of the Rhine"

@chickenfist1554 19 күн бұрын

You should be very proud, especially today. His service is appreciated.

@neiloflongbeck5705 Жыл бұрын

Camm designed the Typhoon wingmin line with a NACA report of 1938 which stated that laminar-flow wungs had no benefit over traditional shapes. But a year later it was noticed that turbulence in NACA's windtunnel was affecting the results of aerofoil tests. The efficiency of some of the aerofoil shapes were wrong and NACA put out a revised report with the efficency figures corrected. But it was now too late for a redesign of the Typhoon. Source: Aeroplane, December 2021.

@basilreid257 Жыл бұрын

😮😮😮

@papalegba6796 9 ай бұрын

A man of Camm's experience should have known better than to trust NACA data.

@bobsakamanos4469 2 ай бұрын

Camm also designed thick wings on the Typhoon despite knowing it was the reason for the Hurricane's poor performance. He was a stubborn man and poor project manager who lost some good engineers as a result.

@cyborgbadger1015 9 күн бұрын

@@bobsakamanos4469 Typically british a clever man but also a stick in the mud.

@bobsakamanos4469 9 күн бұрын

@@cyborgbadger1015 never categorize someone by their race or country. RJ Mitchell by contrast was a brilliant team leader. Camm chased away a number of good talent including Shenstone.

@Spitfiresammons Жыл бұрын

In fact not only did the Tempest pilots manage to shooting down both the Me-262s and Ar-234s but one Tempest pilot Flg Off Geoffrey Walkington from RAF 222 squadron did manage to shot down a Heinkel he-162 from 3./jg1 on the 19 April 1945 he was the only Allied pilot to be credited with a He-162 kill of WW2.

@williamzk9083 Жыл бұрын

The jets had a speed of 500mph at sea level (520 for me 262) the tempest with its fancy 150PN fuel 400mph. I think this just gets down to the Luftwaffe being out numbered and it’s air fields constantly patrolled. A He 162 almost certainly shot down a Tempest so the score is about even. It was a fast powerful aircraft for sure but it lacked the two stage inter cooled supercharger of the Griffon spitfire or the up coming Ta 152 or Fw 190D12/13

@Rom3_29 Жыл бұрын

Most of the German jet fighters, V1 & V2 were assembled by (work to the death) slave labor. Under horrific inhuman conditions. Other thing, jet engines were slow to pickup speed. If the pilot was not trained and most weren’t, they’d get shot down. Large number of 262s were shot down while landing. But that’s my limited 2 cents.

@loveofmangos001 Жыл бұрын

I don't find shooting down a 162 impressive or amazing at all considering the Nazis wanted Hitler Youth to fly them. It was probably the easiest kill of the war

@comikdebris Жыл бұрын

A teenage pilot story also shot down in a He 162 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rtN6pM2pnry6e4E.html

@siemveneman9091 Жыл бұрын

Aphex fighter😂😂!? British rustbucket

@pencilpauli9442 Жыл бұрын

For those not familiar with the Typhoon, the structural problem was resolved with "fishplate" strengtheners on the rear fuselage. Later production models also had larger area Tempest tailplanes, and a four blade propeller. AFAIK the Sabre engine could set on fire on start up and there had to be fire extinguishers on standby. The info on the thick chord wing was interesting. It was of course similar to the slower Hurricane. Sidney Camm and his Hawkers team were tops imho!

@johnmclean6498 Жыл бұрын

It was actually solved with the redesign and strengthening of the mass balance unit for the elevators, which was the cause of flutter and failure. One broke while a Typhoon was taxying and that's how they found it. The fishplates were a "belts and braces" fix until they found the cause.

@davidelliott5843 Жыл бұрын

The engine used a Coffman starter. Pilots had to use the correct amount of fuel prime. Too little prime needed too many start attempts also risking fire.

@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 Жыл бұрын

Pilots died long after the fix was made available, the squadrons had to find the significant down-time to do the remedial work and sometimes the war work took precedence, the pilots were in basic terms expendable. Camm blamed the Hawker aerodynamicists for the thick wing, they assured him that there was no aerodynamic drawback with a thick aerofoil based on some confused research studies. I was privileged to hear Bee Beamont give an inspiring test pilot talk, he said the RAF and air ministry wanted the Typhoon replacement to have a wing just like the Spitfire’s. R.J. Mitchell’s inspired mid 1930s best guess worked really well and they wanted it repeated.

@williamzk9083 Жыл бұрын

@@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 so why did cam insist on putting a wing a 19% thick wing on the typhoon same as the hurricane. The only difference is that hurricane was Clark Y and typhoon NACA 2219 according to the incomplete guide to airfoil usage. This is thicker than Sunderland flying boat

@neiloflongbeck5705 Жыл бұрын

Camm based thenwing on an erroneous NACA report on laminar-flow wings which wasn't corrected until too late for a redesign.

@smokeyhunterparrot Жыл бұрын

Just 2 weeks ago I was standing right next to a Tempest MK2 that will soon be airworthy. It will be the only one flying in the world. Big and beautiful bird! It's at the KF Center for Excellence, in Kelowna British Columbia Canada. They also have a de Havilland Mosquito, one of 4 flying worldwide.

@tonykeith76 Жыл бұрын

I read that somebody is working to make airworthy even a TempestV with the Napier Sapre..

@chrishartley4553 Жыл бұрын

@@tonykeith76 This one? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hJaAiMiG1NGUnX0.html

@animaltvi9515 Жыл бұрын

Actually there's as also a mk2 at Sywell airfield in England. Ot is currently having its engine test runs. It should fly later this year. . Making it 2 airworthy tempest 2s.

@animaltvi9515 Жыл бұрын

@TonyKeith76 last I heard there is only one complete tempest 5 and that I'd a static display in the RAF museum london. . There is a typhoon being slowly restored to flight at Duxford England

@dalemartell8639 Жыл бұрын

The KF Tempest has a P&W 2800 engine in it so technically it isn't a "real" Mk2. They did that because of the lack of Centaur engines.

@williammunson3615 Ай бұрын

In the book "I fought you from the skies" by Willi Heilman who was a FW 190 pilot on the wester front during WWII feared seeing the Tempest. He was moved to the Dora model after they were supplied, Squadron 54 the "Green Hearts". Novotny was his Co. until he was moved to the Me262 and Willi became the Sq. leader. The only fighters he and his mates hated were the P-47, later model Spitfires and Tempests. P-51's were easy meat, P-38's were also and Typhoons included but the other three were the only ones they hated to go up against. The Tempest, although in small numbers, was a considerable enemy.

@mikehipperson Жыл бұрын

Many years ago I knew a former RAF pilot who was one of the first to fly the Typhoon when it entered service. His squadron had been told about the shortcomings of the aircraft and the 'Do Not Exceed' speed in a dive. Being a bit of a lad, he wanted to see what happened if he did. He woke up in hospital with multiple injuries and his commander informed him that, due to the known tail weakness plus the 'compressability' problem, his aircraft had shaken itself to bits and he was recovered from the wreck that consisted of the engine, it's mounting frame and what was left of the cockpit. Everything behind the seat and both wings were gone! Needless to say he was given a desk to fly for the rest of the war!

@callenclarke371 7 ай бұрын

I have it on good authority that loss of the tail affects flight characteristics. ;)

@kitmoore9969 5 ай бұрын

He crashed into the ground at over 600mph and ... he woke up in hospital? Did you know: there's no such word as "gullible" in the dictionary?

@user-jt1gm4qh4x 3 ай бұрын

That’s a bit of a stretch. I don’t think too many would buy that one.

@robshirewood5060 21 күн бұрын

@@kitmoore9969 A number of pilots died when the tail detached i do not see that story as credible. A few also died when crash landing when the chin intake caused the aircraft to dig in and flip over.

@dovidell Жыл бұрын

At last !!, an easy to understand , and informative video about The Hawker Tempest , and why it came to be , and why the MK5 preceded the MK2

@kellyshistory306 Жыл бұрын

Solid video. Enjoyed the parts on its combat history and how it was organized into wings and such.

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@kimhewitt921 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Informative and the artworks cool. Of course as an englishman the Spit flows in our veins...as an aviation enthusiast it's great to see the Tempest get the recognition it deserves.

@Wollemand Жыл бұрын

I have always wondered about the difference between a Tempest and a Typhoon.. Thanks for clearing that up ♥️ Great upload

@marcelfermer5369 Жыл бұрын

I liked very much the archive pictures, especially that of the great Pierre Closterman with his Grand Charles. Great video!

@robshirewood5060 21 күн бұрын

The Big Show and Flames in the Sky are great books by this Free French hero in his beautiful aircraft.

@stevetheduck1425 Жыл бұрын

The Hawker 'family' of fighter planes really begins with the Fury, Fury II, and High-Speed Fury biplanes. A revision of this aircraft led to the monoplane Hurricane, with parallel Henley and Hotspur (a turret fighter). The Hurricane was replaced with the Typhoon and the parallel Tornado, which trialled some major improvements, both of these fed into the first Typhoon II and Tempests. The last planes in this family are the smaller Fury and Sea Fury. The next design to fly was the entirely new Hawker Hawk jet, with the Sea Hawk being the more successful design, flying into the 1970s with the Indian Navy.

@bobsakamanos4469 3 ай бұрын

The probelm with Camm was that it took him 10 years between the Fury Monoplane and a front line fighter (Tempest). That's a loooong time in a period of rapid wartime aviation changes.

@gerrycoogan6544 Жыл бұрын

This is an excellent video. Meticulous details and tremendous photograph research make this both educational and entertaining.

@stephenbesley3177 9 ай бұрын

Loved the Tempest and the Sea Fury was one of the most impressive aeroplanes I've ever seen for a prop fighter.. Blisteringly fast, a real gem.

@conordia6906 Жыл бұрын

Great video thanks, special compliments to the narration. Great pacing and content. So many videos have crazy fast voiceovers. Yours is perfect. ❤❤

@MartinMcAvoy Жыл бұрын

This is the first video of yours I have watched and you did well. You are not a native English speaker but your accent is confident, authoritative and very impressive. I look forward to more of your content!

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Karnov1977 Жыл бұрын

Been waiting on a new video. Your videos are the best overview of WWII aircraft on KZfaq I think.

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Hopefully, I will pick up the pace once again. Aiming for a new video in two weeks time.

@carlnewman7096 Жыл бұрын

Another great episode, on an interesting aircraft, great graphics too. Looking forward to the next one.😎👍🏻

@dennismason3740 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. I see so little data and pictures of the Tempest, this is refreshing. They just would not give up on the Tempest.

@Favk21 Жыл бұрын

Happy to see extra art in these videos!

@lukewise1227 10 ай бұрын

I believe the Hawker Sea Fury, as used in Korea, proved itself to be the pinnacle of piston engined fighters.

@guaporeturns9472 Ай бұрын

What a beauty

@tillytilford2158 Жыл бұрын

Great videos mate. Love the way you present them.

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@MiKeMiDNiTe-77 Жыл бұрын

The Typhoon/Tempest/Fury family of great planes...super awesome some great pics shown here too.

@monkeyboy8424 Жыл бұрын

Very informative and well produced video. Thanks.

@MrArcheopteryx Жыл бұрын

Very excellent production! You did great and accurate honor to the Tempest. Lovely brutish-looking aircraft. Cheers.

@excellenceinanimation960 Жыл бұрын

Love this style video! Gives into interesting info about the wing and Nguni more in depth than anyone else! Love you content new sub!

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you and welcome!

@robbierobinson8819 Жыл бұрын

Very informative and great artwork. I have really enjoyed watching it in conjunction with the video of the Typhoon. Although all designed as fighter aircraft, in my mind the Typhoon, Tempest, FW190 and Thunderbolt all paved the way to the devastating effect that fighter-bombers / ground attack fighters can have. Now for something on the Sea Fury, please!

@FireDragon16180 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video, the engine of this aircraft was a remarkable engineering achievement, so powerful; really appreciate your work and this channel 👍

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I can only imagine having 2,000 hp available on single-engine aircraft, but I suspect it would get me killed quite fast!

@theartofflying3108 6 ай бұрын

@@AllthingsWW2 what is the last sequence of the video from?? It seems to be a pc game. How is it called?

@AntonioLopes-db5ih 6 ай бұрын

@@theartofflying3108Warthunder is the name of the game

@martcon6757 27 күн бұрын

What an absolutely excellent presentation, really enjoyed this and surprisingly learned some info on these aircraft i didnt know, thought id heard the full history but thus has been an educational and enjoyable experience.

@TPW900GP35 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! I’m familiar with both the Typhoon and Tempest, but didn’t know that info! Thanks again!

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@veritasvincit2745 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks. The artwork is brilliant too.

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Extrikit 16 күн бұрын

Excellent comprehensive well researched and presented video. Fantastic graphics too. Well done!

@petermallia558 Жыл бұрын

Don't forget the changes to the tail as well as the chin intake and the wings and engine types. That massive prop, awesome. Very enjoyable video. 🇬🇧 You mentioned everything I said. 👍🏻

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@thebluegrocer Жыл бұрын

Excellent and balanced summary of an interesting family of aircraft.

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@robshirewood5060 21 күн бұрын

Superb presentation and information, one of the best i have seen, i subscribed.

@hawnyfox3411 Жыл бұрын

New Zealander Sqdn Ldr Bob Spurdle seen at 10:26 clashed with 8th AF USAAF P.51 Mustangs whilst at Vokel His book (published in 1980) called "The Blue Arena" explains how 'trigger happy' P.51s bounced the Tempests "On Sortie 551 some USAAF Mustangs jumped us. Enraged, I turned on my particular tormenter scared him $hitless by firing bursts on one side then on the other while he twisted turned, he was totally helpless against the far superior Tempest. Formating alongside I shook my fist at the stupid jerk (wanker) then I zoomed away. We should have hacked a few down to teach them aircraft recognition. We were sick of their trigger-happy stupidities." That's just one part of one of the chapters from "The Blue Arena" originally published in 1980 (still available in paperback

@jacktattis 8 ай бұрын

Yes it happened frequently .

@kirknewton100 5 ай бұрын

Brilliant video, simple, understandable. Very enjoyable.

@duncanidaho2097 Жыл бұрын

Great video, sir. “British Grenadiers” from “Barry Lyndon” as outro? Love it.

@-lightningwill-6014 Ай бұрын

Hollywood can overshadow history, but great history can't be outshadowed

@jaakkooksa5374 Жыл бұрын

Pierre Closterman was a Frenchman who flied in the RAF, achieving a large number of aerial victories. His biography contains a lot of interesting storied about the Tempest aircraft, which he flew.

@MegaSimplysimon Жыл бұрын

Le Grande Charles

@jerrymail Жыл бұрын

"The Big Show" (Le Grand Cirque), awesome book !

@stickandruddermfl Жыл бұрын

Closterman was actually born in Brazil (Curitiba), so at least technically he is Brazilian :-). Le Grand Cirque was the book that good me hooked into aviation, 40-odd years ago :-).

@sim.frischh9781 Жыл бұрын

*flew. Irregular word. English can be such an annoying language, right? ;)

@erwanparcelier8745 Жыл бұрын

@@stickandruddermfl It's true he was born in Brazil but he was only a French citizen.

@brendonbewersdorf986 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video always love your content! Hopefully the brief mention of the FW190 D-9 means it will get a video in the future I think it's probably my favorite fw190 variant and possibly my fav WW2 aircraft although the ki-61 is a close second

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes, the Dora will have it's own video, for sure. It's a hard aircraft to talk about without going a bit more deeply about the issues Germany had with materials and the consequences for engine development.

@robshirewood5060 21 күн бұрын

@@AllthingsWW2 Will you include the Kurt Tank TA types?

@michaeldoyle4222 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video!!! Love it and thanks!

@Demun1649 7 ай бұрын

My favourite video, of yours, was the one on the Dewoitine D.520. It deserves the publicity

@chrispacer4231 Жыл бұрын

I’m building a HELLER 1/72 HAWKER TEMPEST, it’s almost ready for the airbrushing… also displaying it on a airfield DIORAMA… Glad I watched this… CHRIS from OHIO 🇺🇸

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Sounds cool!

@markhepworth Жыл бұрын

Nice 👍

@stefphoenix9642 Жыл бұрын

Tempest , Sea Fury, Bearcat and Mustang have been the peak of piston engine fighters, the end of an era

@mikewoodman7700 Жыл бұрын

always wondered what happened to the other Mks - now I know! great video

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Saxondog Жыл бұрын

Love the William Tell, subtly playing in the background.😊

@classicreviews96180 Жыл бұрын

Hopefully gonna be a one or two airworthy Mk2 Tempest's soon. They had Tempests at my local WW2 airfield RAF Bradwell Bay during the war.

@franksgattolin8904 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Outstanding presentation.

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@adamwash917 Жыл бұрын

learn something new every day, great video

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@MrMan5014 Жыл бұрын

The Tempest was such an overlooked fighter plane!..I’m so glad you made a video on it!..if you looked quickly at the MkII and the Seafury you would think they were the same!…I would have loved to see how the Seafury would have faired against Axis aircraft…in my opinion I believe it was the best mass produced fighter plane ever made…the Bearcat would be a very close second!…the only plane that I think could have given them both a run for their money would be the Goodyear built F2G Corsair…

@jacktattis 8 ай бұрын

No allied radial plane could match the Spitfire or the Tempest even after the MkIX Focke Wulf went to liquid cooled engines

@bigdmac33 Жыл бұрын

First class presentation and yes, the artwork is superb.

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@ravenclaw8975 Күн бұрын

Thank you for this great video. Your research skills and narration, despite the fact that English is not your first language, are impeccable! BTW, one of the first model planes I ever built was a Matchbox 1/72 scale Hawker Tempest II.

@Ob1sdarkside Жыл бұрын

That artwork is lovely, a really nice piece

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@saxophonetheborch Жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you. Just subscribed

@garethbarnes3680 9 ай бұрын

The Typhoon was a superb at low level and was a brilliant ground attack plane. My late Grandad witnessed a "pack" of them attack a German tank column. Ge said the noise was as if the gates of hell had been opened up! Incredible stuff

@bobsakamanos4469 3 ай бұрын

Even though Camm had designed the Tiffy as a high altitude interceptor.

@clarencehopkins7832 5 ай бұрын

Excellent stuff bro

@marklelohe3754 Жыл бұрын

Excellent report good work.

@brianbrengle9933 Жыл бұрын

Yay!! I have missed you. Been going through withdrawals since your last video on the Hs-123 a couple months ago.

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Ahah! Thank you! Well, I will pick up the pace now, hopefully. Next, Japan, and then a smaller country!

@brianbrengle9933 Жыл бұрын

Looking forward to your next video.

@eastwest1362 2 ай бұрын

great report !

@smigoltime Жыл бұрын

Tempest my beloved

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

And from the Axis? D-9?

@peterrollinson-lorimer 3 ай бұрын

Brilliantly done documentary, full marks.

@jonathanohagan1349 Жыл бұрын

Oh hello. Just saw this, you picked up a new sub. Nice work.

@colinmiles1052 Жыл бұрын

Interesting and informative video - thanks.

@chuckokelley2448 6 ай бұрын

Very well done, my friend.

@StartledPancake Жыл бұрын

Another great video. As a Brit, its really great to hear the correct terminology "British and commonwealth forces". At no point in the war to Britain stand alone.

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@youtubejack7713 Жыл бұрын

like the custom artwork!! 🔥

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@samsilberstein8758 18 күн бұрын

The deep air-scoop from a front-on view makes a most fearsome sight to have in your rear-view

@mehere8-32 Жыл бұрын

I don't think Pierre Closterman had a high opinion of Fairbanks. Clostermans book "The Big Show" is very enlightening on several levels. Cheers mate.

@butchclay8126 5 ай бұрын

Great video: Lots of good information on the long development of the plane that to me is one of the finest, most handsome fighters ever made...the Sea Fury.

@unclebullfrog7319 Жыл бұрын

Another great video. The Tempest is largely the unsung fighter of WWII. Just a point of clarification regarding 486 squadron: the pilots were mostly all Kiwis and started with the RNZAF in New Zealand, they joined a RAF squadron when they arrived in the UK, usually after further training in the Empire training scheme in Canada. The squadron should read:- No. 486 (NZ) squadron RAF. this also applies to 485 (NZ) (spitfire), 487 (NZ) (Mosquito) and 75 (NZ) bomber (Wellington and Lancaster). Of those 75 squadron post war transferred to the RNZAF only disbanding in the 2000s when the Labour government scrapped our combat wing of RNZAF as a cost cutting measure! Keep up the good work mate.

@MartinMcAvoy Жыл бұрын

Does that mean that many of the NZ pilots were fairly new to frontline aircraft when the were posted to the Tempest squadron? Compared to Harvard trainers, the Tempest would have been a monster to tame! They were very brave lads!

@RobBremner Жыл бұрын

You put 485 instead of 486 for the Tempest Squadron, 485 was Spitfires. BTW I don't think the photo at 13:30 is of 486.

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the correction. I will further look into this issue so I won't make the same mistake in the future. About the photo at 13:30, this image is in Wikipedia on the page of No. 486 (NZ) Squadron. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._486_Squadron_RNZAF#/media/File:486SqnVolkers1945.JPG

@RobBremner Жыл бұрын

@@AllthingsWW2 I looked through "The Wild Winds", a history of 486 Squadron by Paul Sortehaug, and the photo is of 486 but was taken at Kestrup in June 1945.

@unclebullfrog7319 Жыл бұрын

@@RobBremner Sorry Rob, a typo. It should have been 486.

@vladimirdorta6692 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting video about one of the great fighters of WW2. And thanks for naming Pierre Clostermann, I still remember his book "Le Grand Cirque" (The Big Show) fondly.

@nickhimaras9331 Жыл бұрын

Solid, informative piece about a great aircraft. A more detailed reference to some of those who flew and maintained this aircraft would complete this effort.

@nnoddy8161 Жыл бұрын

Sea Fury deserves its own video. Great stuff!

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! The Sea Fury is indeed a great aircraft!

@vincehagedorn2500 Жыл бұрын

Than you for a great video and report. My Uncle, Sq Leader Arthur Vincent "Gus" Gowers, was shot down in a Tempest during the mass attack on the German ship "Munsterhausen", I think in Cherbourg, carrying Nuclear materials for the war effort. It is thought that Churchill gave an order for it's destruction "at any cost". I have more details in the book written about his life by Sylvia Barnard (my late sister) "never a dull moment".

@paullubliner6221 7 ай бұрын

Enjoyed it, well done.

@RemusKingOfRome Жыл бұрын

Another excellent video. Art work is also excellent.

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@gerarddelmonte8776 Жыл бұрын

For an evocative account of the Tempest MK Vs in action, a must-read is French Ace Pierre Clostermann's great book, The Big Show, which no less than William Faulkner said was one of the great WWII books.

@MartinMcAvoy Жыл бұрын

Great tip, thanks!

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Loved that book!

@gar6446 Жыл бұрын

It's a fantastic read, jam packed with interesting historical information. Pierrepont Clostermann D.S.O D.F.C.

@robshirewood5060 21 күн бұрын

One of my favourites too, as well as the Flames in the Sky by the same author.

@zulubeatz1 Жыл бұрын

Great feature thanks

@Wadaryu1000 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting, great video.

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@bernardcandlin7733 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video you really know your subject welldone

@claudemontezin911 Ай бұрын

French resistance pilot Pierre Closterman loved it. It's like a powerful Staffordshire dog of the sky. Thank you so much!

@brianswan921 11 ай бұрын

Very nice informative video 👏 great subject matter

@manricobianchini5276 Жыл бұрын

Always loved the Tempest!

@manuwilson4695 Жыл бұрын

The Napier Sabre engine. What a MONSTER!

@Joop.23-2-63 Жыл бұрын

Agree, but to many moving parts......

@manuwilson4695 Жыл бұрын

@@Joop.23-2-63 TOO many!...spelling mate!🙄

@philipthomas2918 Жыл бұрын

In the mid 60's a Tempest was in the former Sky Fame museum at Staverton Airport located between Gloucester and Cheltenham. It was impressive, very high nose. Wonder where it is now?

@briansteffmagnussen9078 Жыл бұрын

To the end question. My answer is that it might not be piston powered,. But the Super Tucano shows that there are more potential in the prop driven planes. The Tempest would have deserved to get rid of the big lump for an turboprop engine. But if it had one the weight balance would probably cause an so dramatic change that the original design would need an complete workover.

@boris8787 Жыл бұрын

I still love the mighty SPITFIRE as seen in the 1944 movie set in the town of Chillingbourne.

@ianhigh4354 5 ай бұрын

It should be noted that the 'outdated' Typhoon with it's excellent low altitude performance and high ordinance capacity played a significant role during and after D-DAY in the ground attack role whilst the Tempests were reserved as V1 killers. Thus proving that you can teach an old dog new tricks, and the demarcation of fighter / fighter-bomber aircraft into specialised roles which continued into the 21st century. The Tempest was undoubtedly the king of the British WW2 dog fighters and a superb, often forgotten, aircraft. Thank you for such an excellent review.

@derrickodyes1934 Жыл бұрын

Nice video hard to find info on typhoon/tempest

@thomasd9237 Жыл бұрын

👍👍 I always loved this aircraft. It's beautiful ☺️

@bradgray8064 Жыл бұрын

Very informative thanks.

@kepler186f4 9 ай бұрын

What an excellent comparison video... I loved the Tiffy.... until I watched this...

@azinhais1972 Жыл бұрын

Obrigado por mais este vídeo.

@52templar Жыл бұрын

Thank’s very interesting video.

@AllthingsWW2 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@robertbruce1887 4 ай бұрын

Great documentary, quite thorough & informative. Great to have a picture of great pilot & author ( The Big Show) Pierre Closterman. Read his book in high school , great reading. Interesting to note that the Tempest was the best V-1 destroyer.

@istvansipos9940 Жыл бұрын

16:09 we obviously did not. Similarly, we did not reach the full potential of full plate armour. We could make way waaaay better armour with mass produced, 21st century steel, but the whole concept is obsolete. Just 1 example.