The #Hawker Tempest was one of the aircraft that created a serious threat to the new German Jet fighters and provide a pretty robust defence against the notorious "Buzz Bomb". Watch our video to find out more about this fearsome machine that was introduced at the beginning of 1944. | War Thunder

Hawker Aircraft’s Tempest II - destined for Tiger Force, the end of the war and the advent of the jet engine meant the end for the type, although the Fury would soon see service thereafter #warbirds #ww2 #hawker #tempest #ww2history | Daniel J Wheatcroft

3.1K views · 84 reactions | Tucked behind the Avro Lincoln, the RAF Museum’s Tempest II - the aircraft that would have escorted the Lincoln and Lancasters as part of ‘Tiger Force’ #ww2 #ww2history #wwii #hawker #tempest | Daniel J Wheatcroft | Facebook