Hawker Typhoon detail references
by Charles Metz

Air Ministry: 'Typhoon Marks IA and IB: Sabre II or IIA Engine' (Pilot's Notes series [unnumbered]; Air Data Publications [UK], 1943; [pages not numbered]; approximate value US$5 [availability unknown]) [reprint of Air Publication 1804A; originally published November 1943] -- cockpit detail (six pages)

Bentley et al.: 'Fighters of World War Two, Vol. 1' (Aircraft Archive series [unnumbered]; Motorbooks International [USA], 1988; 96 pages; approximate value US$17 [availability unknown]) [published originally in the UK by Argus Books] -- cockpit detail (p. 38, 39, 41), multi-view drawinga (p. 33-41)

Clarke (ed.): 'Hawker Typhoon Portfolio' (Brooklands Aircraft Portfolio series [unnumbered]; Brooklands [UK], 1986; 72 pages; approximate value US$10 [out of print]) -- bomb rack (p. 23), cutaway drawings (p. 30-31, 42-43, 47, 59), engine bay (p. 9), fuselage structure (p. 38), landing gear (p. 33, 34, 41), radiator intake (p. 13, 34, 35, 40), undersurface detail (p. 29, 61), wheelwell detail (p. 33, 41)

Coombs: 'The Aircraft Cockpit' (Patrick Stephens [UK], 1990; 240 pages; approximate value US$35 [availability unknown]) -- cockpit detail (p. 118)

Fleischer: 'Hawker Typhoon' (Wydawnictwo Militaria series, No. 126; Wydawnictwo "Militaria" [Poland], 2000; in Polish and English; 88 pages; US$22.50) -- cockpit detail (p. 73), cowl (p. 86), cutaway drawing (p. 73), engine bay (p. 10, 13), flaps (p. 86), fuselage reinforcements (p. 11), landing gear (p. 87), multi-view drawings (p. 23-45, 75-80),
nightfighter project radar antennas (p. 15)

Freeman: 'The Royal Air Force of World War Two in Color' (Specialty Press [USA], 1993; 160 pages; US$34.95) -- engine bay (p. 65), wing cannon bays (p. 68)

Green and Swanborough: 'RAF Fighters, Part 2' (WW2 Aircraft Fact Files series [unnumbered]; MacDonald and Jane's [UK], [undated]; 60 pages; approximate value US$30 [out of print]) -- cutaway drawing (p. 40, 41)

Jarrett (ed.): 'Aircraft of the Second World War: The Development of the Warplane 1939-49' (Putnam's History of Aircraft series [unnumbered]; Putnam [UK], 1997; 304 pages; US$48.95) -- double-tiered underwing rocket racks (p. 218)

March (ed.): 'British Warplanes of World War II' (Aerospace / AIRtime [UK / USA], 1998; 256 pages; US$34.95) -- cutaway drawing (p. 164, 165)

Mason: 'The Hawker Typhoon and Tempest' (Aston Publications [UK], 1988; 240 pages; approximate value US$50 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 45), cutaway drawing (p. 180a), miscellaneous other details; COMMENT: Lists all Tempest, Tornado, and Typhoon serial numbers

Milberry and Halliday: 'The Royal Canadian Air Force at War: 1939-1945' (CANAV Books [Canada], 1990; 480 pages; US$65) -- underwing rockets & rails (p. 227)

Minoru: 'WWII Fighters (2)' (Design with Precision series, No. 2; Kantosha [Japan], 1994; in Japanese; 184 pages; US$40) -- cockpit detail (p. 127-130)

Nohara: 'The Royal Air Force & Navy Warplane [sic] 1931-45' (Illustrated Warplane History series, No. 10; Green Arrow [Japan], 2001; in Japanese; 316 pages; US$37) -- cutaway drawing (p. 52), fuselage structure (p. 52), generic camouflage pattern (p. 50, 51), wing structure (p. 52)

Reed and Beamont: 'Typhoon and Tempest at War' (At War series [unnumbered]; Scribner's [USA], 1974; 176 pages; approximate value US$40 [out of print]) -- bubble canopy (p. 35), cannon bay (p. 23), cockpit detail (p. 39), cutaway drawing (p. 110), engine (p. 15), engine bay (p. 45), flap detail (p. 42, 69), landing gear (p. 69, 70), nightfighter prototype (p. 30),
radiator intake (p. 57, 101), wing rack (p. 97), wing tank (p. 113)

Rimell: 'Focus on a 1/32 Hawker Typhoon'. Scale Models, February 1974, page 78 -- building Revell's 1/32-scale kit, cockpit detail, multi-view drawings

Scutts: 'Typhoon / Tempest in Action' (Aircraft in Action series, No. 102; Squadron/Signal [USA], 1990; 49 pages; approximate value US$13 [out of print]) -- miscellaneous detail

Seager: 'Detailing Revell's Typhoon'. Scale Aircraft Modeller, December 1995, page 648 -- building Revell's 1/32-scale kit, cockpit detail, flaps, engine, engine bay, fuselage structure, radiator, wheelwell detail

Shores: 'Ground Attack Aircraft of World War II' (Macdonald Illustrated War Study series [unnumbered]; MacDonald and Jane's [UK], 1977; 191 pages; approximate value US$10 [out of print]) -- rocket projectile (p. 127), underwing rockets & racks (p. 143)

Teague: 'The Revell Typhoon Ib in 1/32 scale'. Aircraft Modelworld, 6 (5) 1989, page 526 -- building Revell's 1/32-scale kit, cockpit detail, radiator;

Thomas: 'Hawker Typhoon' (Warpaint series, No. 5; Hall Park Books [UK], 1996; 29 pages; US$13.50) -- cockpit detail (p. 12, 20, 26, 27), engine bay (p. 27), flap interior (p. 22), generic camouflage & marking patterns (p. 11, 18), multi-view drawings (p. 14, 15), underwing rocket rails (p. 22, 23, 25), rudder (p. 26), wing gun bay (p. 7, 25), wheelwell detail (p. 26)

Thomas: 'Typhoon and Tempest Aces of World War 2' (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces series, No. 27; Osprey [UK], 1999; 96 pages; US$17.95) -- bomb & bomb rack (p. 22), cockpit detail (p. 8), gun fairings (p. 22), multi-view drawings (p. 88, 90)

Thomas and Shores: 'The Typhoon & Tempest Story' (Arms and Armour Press [UK], 1988; 224 pages; approximate value US$60 [out of print]) -- AIRCRAFT TYPES INCLUDED: Hawker Typhoon, Tornado, Tempest; engine bay (p. 17), PR camera ports (p. 26); COMMENT: Includes photos of Typhoon with Sharkmouth marking (p. 100) and in 1945 markings (p. 102, 104)

White: 'Allied Aircraft Piston Engines of World War II' (SAE International [USA], 1995; 426 pages; US$39.95) -- engine mount & firewall (p. 175)

Windrow (ed.): 'Aircraft in Profile, Vol. 4 (Profile Nos. 73-96 )' (Aircraft Profile series [unnumbered]; Doubleday / Profile Publications [USA / UK], 1968; 288 pages; approximate value US$35 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 6); COMMENT: The pages of each profile are numbered individually

------: 'Luftfahrt Bilder, Texte Dokumente: Handbuch 6' (Luftfahrt Handbuch series, No. 6; Mittler [Germany], 1978; in German; 482 pages; approximate value US$25 [out of print]) [hard-bound version of "Luftfahrt International," issues 16-18] -- wheelwell detail (p. 2668), radiator intake (p. 2669), underwing rockets & rails (p. 2676), tail (p. 2667)

------: 'The "More violent Hurricane"'. Air Enthusiast, August 1972, page 91 -- nightfighter prototype antennas;

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