Hawker Typhoon Part 3 (WPA 37)
Chris Thomas

Author
Series
Size
Extent
Illustrations
Book Jacket
About
IN STOCK NOW!
One of the many joys of working on this series is having the chance to work with world-leading experts on these various aircraft types, and Chris Thomas certainly fits that description with the Hawker Typhoon.
This is the Chris’s fourth book with us, and the third on the Typhoon. It covers the period around D-Day when the Typhoon probably achieved its greatest fame; the invasion striped, rocket firing ‘Tiffies’ subsequently inflicting mayhem upon many unfortunate Germans in post-war boys’ comics and annuals.
Chris has dug deep into his archive and has pulled out some remarkable photos for this volume, including detailed close-ups of the armour plate fitted to the radiator and also the camera installations on the FR 1B. There are also clear photos of the various dust filters that were quickly introduced to combat the Normandy dust in the summer of 1944. In short, everything that the modeller, or modelling companies, would need to create the ultimate D-Day Typhoon.
We hope you enjoy this one and that it brings back some fond memories of those ‘Boy’s-Own’ comics and annuals!
As usual, there are six full colour profiles and approx 120 original wartime photos.
About the Author
Raised in East Yorkshire Chris developed an early obsession with aviation, fed in the late 50s and early 60s by RAF Flying Review. That magazine popularised aircraft coloured ‘profiles’ which he admired and hoped to one day replicate. Family connection to the Hawker Typhoon and the dearth of publication information on the type led him to start his own researches with the aim of producing a book.
Meanwhile, he qualified as a civil ATCO, married and had two children (and now five grandchildren). For 20 years he worked at Heathrow and London ATCC which brought him within easy reach of all the essential research facilities.
After producing the Air-BrItain ‘Typhoon File’ he met established author Christopher Shores and together they wrote and illustrated a series on the Typhoon and Tempest for the French magazine, Le Fana. This they would develop into ‘The Typhoon and Tempest Story’, published in 1986 and would later follow with four volumes of ‘2nd Tactical Air Force’. Chris also authored three Osprey monographs and a string of articles in all the major British and French historical aviation magazines.
More books from Author
For all UK orders a flat rate of just £4 per order will apply.
Tracking is available for all UK orders via Fed Ex for just £7.50.
United Kingdom
- Flat rate of £4 per order untracked
- Any weight TRACKED with delivery time notification via Fed Ex £7.50
For overseas orders, we have set various levels of postage rates to help us cover the costs accurately based upon the total weight of your order. This is calculated automatically at the checkout stage and will be displayed as soon as you have filled in the delivery address details.
Europe
- 1 – 500g Untracked: …………£7
- 501g – 1.5kg Untracked……..£14
- Any weight Tracked with DHL………..£35
Worldwide zone 1 Middle East, South America, Japan
- 1 – 500g: ……….£14 TRACKED
- 501g – 2kg: ……£22 TRACKED
- 2.1kg – 5kg:…… £45 TRACKED
- 5.1kg – 10kg: ….£65 TRACKED
- 10.1kg – 20kg: ….£100 TRACKED
Worldwide zone 2 Australia and New Zealand
- 1 – 500g: ………..£12 TRACKED
- 501g – 1.5kg: …….£22 TRACKED
- 1.51kg – 2.5kg:…… £30 TRACKED
- 2.51kg – 5kg: ….£60 TRACKED
- 5.1kg – 10kg: ….£80 TRACKED
- 10.1kg – 20kg: ….£100 TRACKED
Worldwide zone 3 USA & Canada
- 1 – 700g: ………….£14 TRACKED
- 701g – 2kg: ……£26 TRACKED
- 2.1kg – 3kg:…… £45 TRACKED
- 3.1kg – 5kg: ……£55 TRACKED
- 5.1kg – 10kg: ….£75 TRACKED