Hugh Harkins

Typhoon Ia/b Combat Log: Operation Jubilee August 1942 Hugh Harkins 1. Ausgabe

Hawker Typhoon The aim of this volume is to provide a comprehensive detailed study of the operational sorties and combat operations of the RAF?s Hawker Typhoon IA/B fighter aircraft operating with the Duxford Typhoon Wing, consisting of No.56, 266 and 609 Squadrons, during Operation Jubilee (the combined operations raid on Dieppe) on 19 August 1942. A brief history of the genesis and operational fielding of the Typhoon, deliveries of which commenced in 1941, with operations commencing in May 1942, is provided, as is the specification and brief description of the Luftwaffe aircraft that it would join combat with over Dieppe ? the Focke Wulf FW.190 fighter and the Dornier Do.217 twin-engine bomber. The volume is supported by a wealth of operational documentation including pilot Combat Reports, Squadron Narratives and Wing Intelligence Combat Reports.