Hawker Typhoon: Too Dangerous to Fly, Too Valuable to Cancel

#hawkertyphoon #militaryaviation #aviation documentary The Hawker Typhoon claimed more of its own pilots at a rate that should have seen it cancelled. Structural failures ripped tails off in flight. Carbon monoxide seeped into cockpits. The Sabre engine seized without warning. Men died in training accidents more often than in combat. So why didn't they cancel it? Because by 1943, the RAF was trapped. Fourteen squadrons operational, four hundred aircraft in service, and cancelling meant telling Parliament they'd spent a battleship's worth of money on a fighter that killed more of its own pilots than the Luftwaffe did. This is the story of how an aircraft that failed at everything it was designed to do became the most devastating ground-attack weapon of the Normandy campaign. From the tip-and-run raids over southern England to the carnage at Mortain and Falaise, the Typhoon's journey from death trap to legend is one of the most remarkable redemption stories in aviation history. Featuring exclusive footage of MN235 - the only surviving Typhoon in the world - at the RAF Museum. ======================== Primary References: ======================== Tony Buttler, Hawker Typhoon: The RAF's Ground-Breaking Fighter-Bomber (Key Publishing Ltd, 2022) Richard Townshend Bickers, Hawker Typhoon: The Combat History (Airlife Publishing Ltd, 2002) Chris Thomas, Hawker Typhoon (Warpaint Series No. 5, Hall Park Books, 2000) Chris Thomas & Christopher Shores, The Typhoon and Tempest Story (Arms & Armour Press, 1988) Archives & Collections: RAF Museum, Hendon - MN235, the sole surviving Hawker Typhoon Periodicals: Flight magazine, contemporary wartime reporting (1942-1945) ======================== Channel Links: ======================== 📺 Video contains brief, transformed clips from the following films and shows: All footage is used under Fair Use for the purpose of commentary, storytelling, and historical reference. No audio is used, and all clips are visually transformed. No copyright infringement intended. Original footage and recreated scenes may not be 100% accurate to the event being described but has been used for dramatic effect. This is because there may not have been original footage of a particular event available, or copyright prevents us from showing it. Our aim is to be as historically true as we can be given the materials available. “NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 106 AND 106A, THE FAIR USE OF A COPYRIGHTED WORK, INCLUDING SUCH USE BY REPRODUCTION IN COPIES OR PHONORECORDS OR BY ANY OTHER MEANS SPECIFIED BY THAT SECTION, FOR PURPOSES SUCH AS CRITICISM, COMMENT, NEWS REPORTING, TEACHING (INCLUDING MULTIPLE COPIES FOR CLASSROOM USE), SCHOLARSHIP, OR RESEARCH, IS NOT AN INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT.” THIS VIDEO AND OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL IN GENERAL MAY CONTAIN CERTAIN COPYRIGHTED WORKS THAT WERE NOT SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED TO BE USED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S), BUT WHICH WE BELIEVE IN GOOD FAITH ARE PROTECTED BY FEDERAL LAW AND THE FAIR USE DOCTRINE FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE REASONS NOTED ABOVE. IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC CONCERNS ABOUT THIS VIDEO OR OUR POSITION ON THE FAIR USE DEFENSE, PLEASE CONTACT US AT [email protected] SO WE CAN DISCUSS AMICABLY Hello, what you doing all the way down here. Remember to hit the like button, leave a comment and subscribe.