Well, not yet. Following the taster in the form of Centaurus engine parts posted last month (Roll Out The Barrel), I have failed to find any Tempest action in the archive apart from this. The top pic is not my 'plane but has to be shown because i love the shape. The MkII was in fact finally sorted after the war had ended and in my opinion is a much prettier machine than the Napier Sabre powered MkV which did see action. The Tempest was conceived by Hawkers as a successor to the Typhoon in its ground attack role, with a thinner wing chord and a lot more power it was considerably faster, I think the MkII was the fastest propeller airplane to see service with the RAF. The second pic is of two of the ex Indian Air Force MkIIs prior to being squished into containers and shipped back to blighty, the right hand one ended up in the Diplo workshop, sadly no longer on the fleet and believed to be in France. 2500 hp @ 2500 rpm. MORE POWER
