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2012-06-04

Video: "New Hawker Typhoon Documentary Film" New ?

It seem this is new DVD availlable, if someone buy it and can make a report about it we are interested to publish it here


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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE WHOLE FILM then please order a copy by sending a request to typhoonpilots@gmail.com and title your email UNSUNG TYPHOON and the number of copies. Format is DVD Pal but I will supply NTSC versions aswell.

The film was made by the grandson of a 181 squadron pilot for the 60th anniversary of the Normandy invasion. Thanks for watching and taking time to learn about the Typhoon Pilots role in the second world war.

The Hawker Typhoon was a British single-seat fighter-bomber, produced by Hawker Aircraft. While the Typhoon was designed to be a medium-high altitude interceptor, and a direct replacement for the Hawker Hurricane, several design problems were encountered, and the Typhoon never completely satisfied this requirement. Other external events in 1940 prolonged the gestation of the Typhoon.

Nicknamed the Tiffy in RAF slang, the Typhoon's service introduction in mid-1941 was also plagued with problems, and for several months t... more