AirACES present "Hawker Typhoon - Forgotten Hero"

Anthony Knight is currently the Secretary of TECT, (Typhoon Entente Cordiale Trust), an organisation formed in 2007 to preserve the history and traditions of the former Hawker Typhoon squadrons and develop links with the Eurofighter Typhoon squadrons.
The Hawker Typhoon was the biggest, fastest, most powerful and most heavily armed fighter in the RAF from 1942 until 1945 but is not widely known about. It operated mainly over the continent and was instrumental in the successful Battle of Normandy and the subsequent advance through France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. Residents of West Sussex would have been familiar with the howl of its Napier Sabre engine until the Typhoon squadrons moved to France after D-Day. After V-E Day the Typhoons were flown back to England to be scrapped, their fascinating history being soon forgotten. They played a major part in victory in World War II and we should remember their brief but essential contribution.