Subject: Re: Hawker Typhoon IIb
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "DAVID DRAKE" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 16:58:12 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: DAVID DRAKE 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 3:35 AM
  Subject: Hawker Typhoon IIb

    
  1/72 Scale Hawker Typhoon IIb 
  JN867 'US-H', 56 Sqn RAF, January 1945 
  by Dave Drake
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  The Typhoon IIb was a Centaurus-engined development of the Sabre-engined Typhoon I that first flew in late-1941.  Development was slow, taking second place to Sabre-engined Typhoon Ib following its introduction into service earlier that year.
  Nevertheless, progress with the IIb continued, the type finally entering service in January 1944.  It very quickly proved itself to be the most effective ground attack aircraft throughout all of the Allied air forces in World War II.  The type packed a considerable punch, being armed with four 20 mm cannon and a variety of rockets and bombs.  Unlike later marks of the Hurricane and the Typhoon Ib, the Typhoon IIb's underwing armament could consist of bombs or rockets, both bombs and rockets, or drop tanks and rockets at any one time.
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  Serving exclusively with the RAF's 2 TAF squadrons, the Typhoon IIb provided vital support to ground forces from D-Day to VE Day.  But it was a product of its time, serving in a niche role.  Consequently, its demise after the war's end was swift, being completely replaced by the Tempest by the end of 1945.
  (Donor kits: Airfix Typhoon Ib, Mosquito NF.II/FB.VI/F.XVIII, Matchbox Tempest II/VI, Aeroclub Typhoon upgrade set, Almark sheet C12)
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  Photos and text © by Dave Drake

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