![]() ![]() (See para.5)Īll the Tempests charted above were equipped with Sabre IIA engines. Service ceiling 34,000 ft Estimated absolute ceiling 35,600 ft. gear 3815 ft/min 3500 ft FTH 4380 ft/min sea level The results of these tests, together with the position error correction are given in this report. Performance measurments have been made on Tempest V JN.731, the third production aircraft fitted with the Sabre IIA engine. Performance and position error measurements In April the Wings moved to keep up with the advancing Allied armies 135 Wing to Kluis, Holland followed by a move to Quackenbrück, Germany and 122 Wing to Hopsten, Germany.Īeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment ![]() Spitfire XIVs tasked with providing high cover for the Tempests.Ģ74 Squadron transferred to 135 Wing in March to better balance the Tempest Wings. 122 Tempest Wing was reinforced during February by the addition of 41 Squadron's In January 1945 33 and 222 Squadrons converted to Tempests, joining 135 Wing of 85 Group at Gilze-Rijen, Holland in February. The Tempest's role was that of low and medium altitude air superiority figher, being nicely complimented by, and coordinating with, the medium and high altitude specialized Spitfire Mk XIVs of 125 and 126 Wings. Joined with 122 Wing at Volkel, Holland to form a five squadron Tempest Wing under the control of the 2nd TAF. 80 and 274 of the Manston Wing moved to Antwerp in September and by October, after a stint at Grave with 125 Wing, In September the Newchurch Wing tranferred to 122 Wing at Grimbergen, Belgium. Tempest V of 486 Squadron at Beulieu, March 1944 80, 274, and 501 comprising the Manston Wing. #HAWKER TEMPEST SERIES#The Tempest Mk V Series II, equipped with the short barreled Hispano Mk V cannon and capable of carrying long range drop tanks, began reaching the squadrons during June.ĭuring July and August three more squadrons were equipped with Tempests Nos. The Tempests equipping the Newchurch Wing were known as Tempest V Series I, 100 of which were built, and were indentifiable by the four Hispano Mk II cannons protruding from the wings. 56 Squadron, also with the Newchurch Wing, began receiving Tempests in June, with their first operation flown on 2 July 1944. 3 Squadron began operations in April,īy which time 486 had also fully equipped with the Tempest, both squadrons by then having moved to Newchurch. #HAWKER TEMPEST FULL#3 Squadron, however, that was first to fully equip with the Tempest, having received a full compliment by March. The first flight of a production Tempest V took place on 21 June 1943.įirst deliveries of Tempests to squadrons began in January 1944, No 486 (RNZAF) Squadron at Tangmere being the first to receive the type. Tempest V Series I, JN.735, at Langley in December 1943 ![]() The Tempest V was a low and medium altitude short-range fighter, capable of carrying specially designed 45 gallon drop tanks, and armed with 4 x 20 m.m. The Tempest also had larger tail surfaces, slightly modified undercarriage, and a four blade propeller. The Sabre II engine, the same as that used on the Typhoon, was moved forward approximately 21 inches in order to accommodate a 76 gallon fuel tank. The new wing was five inches thinner at the root with the maximum depth of the new section occurring farther back, at 37.5% of the chord, while the thickness/chord ratio was reduced 14.5% at the root tapering to 10% at the tip. The Tempest V combined the new semi-elliptical wing with the Typhoon airframe and Sabre II engine. The Tempest arose from Hawker’s desire to apply a new, thin wing to the Typhoon in order to enhance performance. Tempest V Performance Tempest V Performance ![]()
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