lets have a Hurricane too!!!… http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/databases/image_bank/images/24468.jpg

:rolleyes: I thought for a moment you were taking the ….

John (spelling check)

oops – corrected now

There’s a book I have by the voracious Canadian Aviation author, think his name is Mulberry/Millberry or something like that, which has photos of Canadians flying Tempests or Typhoons. Perhaps that may provide a partial answer to your question?

Unfortunately my copy is buried inside a box, buried deeper under other stuff while we are renovating, so I can’t be more precise on the actual title for a couple of months.

That’s “Typhoon and Tempest – The Canadian Story” by Hugh A Halliday – Larry (Milberry) – CANAV Books – was the publisher… ISBN 0-921022-06-9

http://canavbooks.com/Publications/TyphoonAndTempest/

And not forgetting that a considerable proportion of the uranium for the Hiroshima bomb (and the test device? – can never remember which one that used) had been on board the U-234, destined for Japan when the war in Europe ended.

Adrian

actually most of the Uranium for the US bombs (whether Fat Man or Little Boy and later and later) came out of Canada

But here are reported about another Tempest’s version – Mk.VI (see below):

http://www.canadianwings.com/Aircraft/aircraftDetail.php?TEMPEST-30

http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/v2/equip/hst/tempest-eng.asp

Where is truth ?
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And also Dogsbody wrote:

But our other colleagues have not written about this fact.

What numbers had those RAF squadrons ?
And more information – serial numbers and code letters of these Tempests, their quantity, etc… ?
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Flyer.

There was only ever one Tempest in Canada as mentioned (whether it was a V or VI, I don’t know) it WAS NV999.

Following information is a quick glean from Halliday’s book – the book is readily available from the publisher at the above web-address (CANAV Books)

As for the Canadians on RAF Sqns flying Tempests…
3 Sqn and 486 (RNZAF) Sqn – from April 1944
56 Sqn – July 2 1944 (transitioning from Spitfires)
274 Sqn – August 7 1944
80 Sqn – sometime before October 1944

By October their were the 5 squadrons on the continent based at B.80 (Volkel)

Some names??
274 Sqn… F/L John Malloy (Ottawa, Ont.) – EJ781
274 Sqn… F/O Frederick Mossing (Regina, Man.)
3 Sqn… P/O George Whitman – actually an American who joined the RCAF
56 Sqn… F/L Harvey Hoare (Lang, Sask.) – EJ534/A-56, JN869/D-56
56 Sqn… F/L John Ryan (Toronto) – JN864/C-56, EJ536/R-56
56 Sqn… P/O David Ness (Westmount, Que.) – EJ522/F-56, EJ536/B-56, NV963/US-C
80 Sqn… F/O John Garland (Richmond, Ont.) – EJ722, EJ667

By early February 1945 there were relatively few Canadians remaining on the Tempest Sqns.

May 4, 1945 F/O J.T. James was the last RCAF pilot on 274 Sqn.

Hope that helps.

this week I’m into “Permission Granted” – a neat little memoire/autobiography by S/L (Ret’d) Wess McIntosh (RCAF)… a light yet interesting read