Hawker Typhoon

[No.1]

Here you are one attack plane but in some different colors

[Letipapa]

How interesting , again fantastic work, mate!:-clap

[mattrcaf]

Here you are one attack plane but in some different colors

Nice work No.1, it seems weird seeing a Typhon in German colors, but a nice captured a/c profile.

[mattrcaf]

No.1, is this for a publication?

I like looking for your work at the bookstore here in Canada, I was just wondering if you have anything coming up in some magazines.

[No.1]

This will go into the book about the Luftwaffe camouflage. As well in the same moment I work on book about Dutch C.V, no wonder why I am less present here on forum. In general- my works are published in Aero Journal in France and SAMI magazine from UK. From next month, I will be regularly present in MAM magazine from UK.

[santynus]

very nice No.1 

[No.1]

Thank you mate

[mfg495]

Great profile,

The first Typhoon to be flown by the Luftwaffe was EJ956 SA-I  of 486(NZ) Sqn. On 23 March 1943, two aircraft flown by F/O Smith and F/S Mawson were on a "Rhubarb" over France. Just as they were crossing the coast at low altitude, Mawson's Typhoon was hit by light flak. He managed to belly-land in a field near Cany-Barville, but the aircraft was captured before he could destroy it. The Typhoon was repaired and later served as T9+GK with "Zirkus Rosarius".

[No.1]

Thank you for info

[No.1]

Just question- Typhoon FR.IB mean recce version of this plane? Any images or operational info?

[mfg495]

They were used in the Tac Recce role with the 2nd Tac Air Force, I will have to have a look at by books, but I think they were fitted with only a oblique F.24 camera.
I will have a look through my 2TAF books and confirm this

[No.1]

Thank you mate- you are only who can help me with this

[mfg495]

A bit more info:

"The Typhoon FR IB was developed in early 1944 and was used as a tactical reconnaissance fighter. In this version the port inner cannon was removed and three F.24 (one forward facing 14 inch and two vertical five inch) cameras were carried in its place. Later, when it was found that the recoil of the two cannon on the starboard wing was not properly balanced by the single cannon to port, causing a yaw during firing, the starboard inner cannon was also removed from some aircraft. Because of the inherent airframe vibration the photographs produced were usually sub-standard. After some service with 268 Squadron from July 1944, the FR IB was phased out in January 1945."

So I was wrong about just the one camera. Please see attached images, not too clear, I will try and clean them up. This is another aircraft I will have to add to my site.

[No.1]

Can you email me large scans? This is very good info

[mfg495]

Can you email me large scans? This is very good info

Hi No.1

I got the images from here

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=28030

If you scroll day there is some very good information on 268 Sqn and their FR.1B aircraft.
I had to make them smaller so I could upload them to the site. I will check my files once I get back to work on Monday and see if I have any examples of 268 Sqn.