Typhoon Attack
The Legendary British Fighter in Combat in WWII
Published on 14. June 2023
257 pages
978-1-4617-5205-9 (ISBN)
Description
This volume collects lively tales of aerial combat from Royal Air Force pilots who flew Typhoon fighters into the frontlines of WWII. The Typhoon fighter played a pivotal role in Allied victories from D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge and the final battle in Germany. Through original interviews with RAF veterans, Norman Franks explores what it was really like to fly Britain's legendary, rocket-firing fighters.
Typhoon Attackshares stories of flying over Holland or France at low level, seeking out hostile aircraft or targets on the ground; rolling over at twelve-thousand feet, then upside down; attacking trains, ships, flak posts, tanks, and more; not to mention the mind-numbing experience of crash-landing a shot-up Tiffy.
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Norman Franks is also the author of Mannock (978-1-906502-12-6). He lives in England.
Content
- Typhoon Attack
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- I Premature Birth
- II Hit and Run Raiders
- III On the Offensive
- IV Operations 1944
- V Dive-Bombing, Rockets and Engines
- VI Build-up to Invasion
- VII Invasion
- VIII Into Normandy
- IX The Breakout
- X Forward into Holland
- XI The Other Ways of Landing
- XII The Winter of 1944-45
- XIII Tactics and Flak
- XIV Trains, shipping and Bridges
- XV Operations 1945
- XVI Victory
- Recollections
- Epilogue
- Index
