olda homola Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 ..does anyone have /or is there any web site I can find / any pictures? I´ve seen only MW742.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousFO98 Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Google is your friend? This site is quite good for Tempest suff hth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olda homola Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 Really? I haven´t seen any other pics of Tempest Mk II in time period 44-45, apart from MW742... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 (edited) You're going to find it difficult; 247 Squadron got them, first, in September, 1945, and 183 (who were re-numbered to 54) got them in November. Apparently they'd been held in storage in anticipation of the Tiger Force, which never happened, of course; other Squadrons (as far as I can tell, only the Fassberg Wing, of 16, 26, and 33 Squadrons) got them in 1946. A great number (55?) went to the Indian Air Force. In fact the first batch (50 - MW374-423, of which 27 went to India) were built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, at Weston-super-Mare. Edgar Edited November 11, 2009 by Edgar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousFO98 Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 The original post didn't stipulate the time frame is this one of PR533 no good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossm Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Tempest IIs lined up at Langley in colour 1944 (?) - LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Thomas Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 The first 100 Tempest IIs built at Langley were MW735 to MW856 (with a couple of gaps) and were delivered between November 44 and September 45. Just to clear the confusion, the batch with earlier serials (MW375 to 423 and MW435) were built in parallel, by Bristol, and delivered between March and August 45. The only frontline squadrons to receive aircraft from this Langley batch were, as Edgar says, 183 (re-numbered 54) and 247 Sqns, at Chilbolton. The Station Flight there had a couple including one which (MW835) was Wg Cdr R.P.Beamont's personal aircraft 'RB'. Half a dozen went to 13 OTU (never figured out that one as it was a medium bomber OTU), a few more were allocated to CFE, ETPS, Ferry Units and six went out to Khartoum for trials with A&AEE. 46 were stored at MUs until 1948 when sold back to Hawker for refurbishment and onwards sale to India. So, I guess photo opportunities were limited. There is a relatively well-known air to air of HF-M MW798, the RAFM has a shot of HF-T MW832 on its belly, the Public Archives of Canada have a shot of MW833's (HF-H) presentation as 'Canadian DCMs'. I used the shot of HF-M plus MW800 HF-V (S/L Jensen's aircraft) and one of HF-X MW774 in 'The Typhoon and Tempest Story' (1988). A shot of the latter aircraft appeared in John Rawlings' 'Fighter Squadrons'. After years of searching I found a 247 sqn aircraft, ZY-H MW798 (it was HF-M later) and that was used in the Air-Britain 247 Sqn history 'Rise from the East'. A very rare shot of one of the 13 OTU Tempests apeared in Aviation News, June 2004. It was a similar story with the Bristol built aircraft, although 7 of then did reach 26 Sqn in BAFO, Germany and two of those late flew with 33 sqn and went out to FEAF withat unit. Were you looking for anything in particular? CT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olda homola Posted November 18, 2009 Author Share Posted November 18, 2009 Thanks a lot Chris...I´ve already sent you a PM... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kari Lumppio Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) Hello! This is very old thread. But when looking something else found some Tempest II photos on Polish museum Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego digital collection: Łuczak 305-304 Sq https://muzeumlotnictwa.pl/index.php/digitalizacja/katalog/1569 There seems to be 3 photos of Tempest II there, one shows serial ending 796(?) (EDIT or is it 736? If so ignore the next sentence) and unit code is E-something (see below). For some reason the code on landing gear cover seems not to be a match to the serial. I do not know if these are new or rare or even interesting. Found this thread when trying to search info what these pictures were. Cheers, Kari Edited October 4, 2020 by Kari Lumppio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 736 if the gear door is any indication. This is post-war, registration numbers underwing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 The code EG was used postwar in RAF Germany, 16 Sq. I intend to make M.EG which turns out to be PR736. Thank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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