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typhoon ,one of my favourites
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Well, it does have a radial engine. But Hawker had been working on the Tempest well before a captured FW-190 was available to study. Despite different engine designs and radiator placements, the Typhoon, Tempest and Sea Fury had a lot of common heritage.

was my understanding the tempest came out after a 190 was captured and dissected in 41
 
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On board a British Pacific fleet carrier operating against the Japanese. Lieutenant Commander (A) Freddy Charlton, British Fleet Air Arm pilot, had a remarkable escape when the long-range petrol tank of his Chance-Vought Corsair fighter burst into flames
 
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Postwar, a ground-up conversion of the later F-51H model was considered for naval use, complete with folding wings. Given the in-house designation "North American NA-133"
 
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