Hawker Tempest

The RCAF owned one Tempest Mk.VI, number NV999, for one year, from February 1946 to February 1947. This photo is of the prototype Tempest first flown on 24 February, 1943. By September 1943, HM599 had been pushed to 472 mph in level flight, but it was not built in quantity, and the Tempest V was ordered instead. Canadian pilots did ultimately fly many missions in Tempests in Europe with RAF squadrons.
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