Hawker Typhoon

Three RCAF Squadrons, 438, 439 and 440, flew the Hawker Typhoon during the Second World War. The Typhoon was renowned for its ground-attack abilities. As seen in this picture, it was usually armed with 4 Hispano 20mm cannons and 8 rockets, with either 60 lb high-explosive or 25 lb armour-piercing warheads. Thus equipped, the Typhoon could destroy any armoured vehicle on the battlefield.
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A Typhoon of 439 Squadron lands at its newly-acquired base in Belgium. This Aircraft, RB402, was the fourth Typhoon to wear the code 5V-P. The first three were either shot down or replaced by newer models.
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The caption written on the negative proclaims this to be a Typhoon IB with a Sabre II engine as photographed in January, 1943. Seeing as the RCAF Squadrons (438, 439, & 440) the the RAFs Second Tactical Air Force, Nos. 129 & 143 (Fighter Bomber) Wings only began flying the Typhoons in Europe in late 1943 this photo was probably taken in Canada.
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18-P or MP149 was a Typhoon Mk. IB or "Tiffie" with 440 (Fighter Bomber) Squadron although was more commonly reffered to by the sobriquet "Pulverizer II". Note the number of 100-octane gasoline jerrycans on hand at Eindoven in the right foreground. MP149 was shot down by flak on 25 December, 1944 near Malmedy, Belgium during operations to relieve the beleagured US forces suffering from the German Ardennes offensive.
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