New Hawker Typhoon Documentary Film
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- This film was made by the grandson of a 181 squadron pilot around the 60th anniversary of the Normandy invasion. Thanks for watching and taking time to learn about the Typhoon Pilots role in the second world war.
We'd like to thank everyone who has watched the 1st half of this film. Many of the comments are duly noted regarding music and sound levels. Please bare in mind the film was made on a laptop and the sound mixing was always a stumbling block due to inexperience. The project was originally part of a proposal to produce a more professional film for TV, but interest from broadcasters for developing the story into a programme was not forthcoming. Thanks again to all of you who bought copies and waited patiently for them to arrive, we sent them all over the world and this meant a lot as the project was entirely self-funded.
We're hoping to find the time to restore the original edit but collating all the material to do this is time consuming and challenging and costly.
We hope to offer the whole film with improved graphics, sound and a new score in the near future, on Vimeo's Pay Per View platform. We'd appreciatte it if you enjoyed this 30 minute excerpt if you could register your interest and what you think is a reasonable price for a PPV documentary such as this and all (sensible) views will be taken into consideration.
Thanks for watching - we hope to update with progress here as soon as we can.
The Hawker Typhoon was a British single-seat fighter-bomber, produced by Hawker Aircraft. While the Typhoon was designed to be a medium-high altitude interceptor, and a direct replacement for the Hawker Hurricane, several design problems were encountered, and the Typhoon never completely satisfied this requirement. Other external events in 1940 prolonged the gestation of the Typhoon.
Nicknamed the Tiffy in RAF slang, the Typhoon's service introduction in mid-1941 was also plagued with problems, and for several months the aircraft faced a doubtful future.However, in 1941 the Luftwaffe brought the formidable Focke-Wulf Fw 190 into service: the Typhoon was the only fighter in the RAF inventory capable of catching the Fw 190 at low altitudes and, as a result, secured a new role as a low-altitude interceptor.Through the support of pilots such as Roland Beamont the Typhoon also established itself in roles such as night-time intruder and a long-range fighter. From late 1942 the Typhoon was equipped with bombs; from late 1943 ground attack rockets were added to the Typhoon's armoury. Using these two weapons, the Typhoon became one of the Second World War's most successful ground-attack aircraft.
When I was an undergraduate engineer at Westland I worked for awhile under the supervision of a lead stress engineer on helicopter gear design. He was a Typhoon pilot during WW2, but was reluctant to talk in much detail, it was an uncomfortable subject for him and he would gloss over & extricate himself fairly quickly. He was such a good helpful fellow. I was greatly honoured to have known him. He was very tall, his name was Bill Wilson.
I spoke too soon.
Now having watched the whole video, I am stunned and tears are rolling down my cheeks.
The image of those pilots and their quiet calm almost jovial attitudes is one of unbelievable courage.
No histrionics, no beating of the chest, no screaming or shouting, just good men recounting the horrors that they endured every day.
Bless them all.
Old Edward Well said. The lads took it all in stride...
I thought all youngsters were largely ignorant of the Second World War. So I'm impressed that a 17 year old could have made this. It's very moving and the music is well chosen and the editing is excellent.
+Neil Beever I agree, there is no way I could have produced such a film myself at 17, in the early '80's using 16 mm and/ or early video tapes.
we owe the canadians so much for their contribution to the war effort. in both world wars. we can never repay you what we owe. a thank you can never be enough. just please know that we are grateful. you are a truly magnificent people. from Dave, Nottingham, U.K.
MrTubbymarshall Thank you so much for your kind words ! Most if not all Canadians do feel overlooked for our contributions in both wars.
We live so close to the elephant and their media just swamps us .
@@richardputz3233 Elephant? Canada is just a bug on our windshield.
@David Vance My God, affordable health care for all!!! How terrible
stfu
On behalf of my great uncle Art, a young Lanc pilot, thank you for your thoughts and kind words.
Cheers from Comox BC
In the mid-fifties I was in the RAF and one of the officers under whom I served had flown the Typhoon after other fighters. He said very little about what he had done but he lauded the plane as being on a par with the Mosquito in many ways - particularly in its role as the Tank buster etc. It deserves a much higher profile that it has enjoyed. So glad to have found this video (by accident). Well done.
Thanks for all the supportive comments and good wishes. I am now trying to collate material for a brand new film in 2016. I will be updating this page at the end of the year to let people know what the intention is with such a project. At the moment work and life is keeping me/us busy but the Typhoon story is worth revisiting. Please keep spreading the good word about the film and thank-you!
+Typhoon Pilots thank you for this wonderful film that brings forth the story of this under-recognized airplane and it's heroic pilots.
Would love to learn more about this amazing engine. Basically the airplane was built for the engine so might as well talk about the engine a wee bit more. Amazing to hear about this bizarre engine from the 40's! I can't imagine flying a plane with 250HP, let alone 2500!
Pete Kuhns 250HP??
My father (deceased) was a member of the RAAF seconded to the RAF and flew Hurricanes and later Typhoons (after a stint at Boscom Downes (not sure of the spelling) and was shot down in '44 and a POW .
Dad rarely spoke of his war service - few vets I know do .... so to get those fellows to appear is a big deal. I am not sure that many of the pilots would still be alive ..... given WW2 finished in 1945 and it is now 2017 ... any that are still alive would be in their late 80's or well into their 90's.
More power to you for this production - as good as most commercial documentaries.
Hat's off to your dad...
This was made by a 17-year old? God I hope he's working on more documentaries. This was amazing. Much appreciated from across the pond...
a bold project for a grown man....tremendous job for a 17 year old. well done young man!
After retiring from the USMC after 23 years as an F4 Phantom II pilot, for some silly reason, I became interested in building and flying remotely controlled airplanes. I went through the "trainers" that were in kit form and became quite proficient at flying the things. I had always wanted to build an airplane from plans and bare sticks, so I set about to identify the airplane that I wanted to build and fly. I settled on the Typhoon. I never regretted it. While there is no tangible comparison between flying the RC planes and the real thing, I began to study the history behind the Typhoon and that is where I became enamored with it. This 30 minute segment has whetted my appetite for learning yet more about an amazing aircraft that made mincemeat of Nazi German troops on the coasts of France and Belgium and all the way into Germany proper. It was incredible work under impossible conditions.
My hat is off to the gentlemen who flew these airplanes. Everything I have read tells me that it was not an easy task and was downright dangerous at times WITHOUT considering enemy fire !!! To you chaps in the RAF who flew this beast, I say "Semper Fidelis". You have my eternal admiration.
I see that the last comments were posted about one year ago so I don't know how often this comment section is checked, but when it is, I would like to hear from someone about the final 30 minutes of the story. When you comment, please post an address to write to or an e-mail address that I can go to. I will also need to know how many American dollars that I need to send for the entire disc.
Thank you for taking the time to put this together. There is nothing better than getting first-hand interviews with the real live experience behind the stick.
Thank you so much for uploading this. Roy Crane is my Grandfather who sadly passed away in 2011. To hear him talking of his experience is amazing!
My condolences for your loss. Thank you for his service.
I am now an active supporter of the two known Typhoon restoration projects. Awesome aircraft and awesome men. All of the interviews are very moving. Your grandfather is a very special part of history.
RIP Roy. You were one of the real breed of true Great Britain's who this land of ours needed so very much in those dark days. Thank you sir for allowing me to grow up respecting what you and your kind have done knowing that I had to be a soldier and do my bit in appreciation for all those who gave their lives for us.
I am one in a long line would have loved to have met your Grandfather. In a way I have done because of the interview shown here. I am sure he would want us to think about those who died in action who didn't live to enjoy the Peace they were fighting for. I am in his and their debt.
My condolences to you he was a grate man
Only just found this film. Typhoons have a special fondness for me as prior to his death my Uncle was working on restoring a Hawker Typhoon. He had amassed a most of the instruments, blueprints for the airframemetc. but was having difficulty obtaining a Napier Sabre engine. He had acquired one, dug out of Hackney Marshes, after a week of solid research (that I ducked school for) at the IWM to find one that had crashed after the pilot bailed out and had not yet been salvaged. Eventually we found one; lost control having shot down a V1. Until the day of his death he maintained that the Typhoon was the best plane of it's time at what it did. Even the later American Skyraiders couldn't compare. For me personally; it was the Mosquito.
How did the restoration of your Uncle's Typhoon proceed? Did it get anywhere near completion.
So many people lost their lives in order that we mortals could live in a peaceful world. I salute each and every one of you.
+Steinwaygrande Hi As a vintage Japanese motorcycle fan - why the motorcycle ? Is that a Suzuki GS 650 GT ? The wheels look like Honda comstar though !
Neil Beever try a lambretta. The 175 should just about support your wit🤪
A great presentation about unbelievably courageous men in a fabulous but slightly flawed aircraft. I met an elderly chap about thirty years ago (seemed old as I was in my twenties) he was the bar manager in a local hotel and I was told that he had been a Typhoon pilot during the war.
He had one over the eight on a night off and, with friends, I had a very interesting and sometimes hilariously funny account of a little bit of his three years in what he described as his "terrifically terrifying Tiffy".
He is dead now, as are so many of his colleagues, so sadly there are no more nights of glorious reminiscences about crash landings in french fields with bits of tree sticking on the rocket racks. So I think it is wonderful that someone should take the time and make the effort to remind us of these saviours of democracy. Well done you 17 year old with your laptop and thank you very much.
Well said.
Thanks for the tribute to these wonderful aircraft, which today are rarely mentioned. Many moons ago, when I was an apprentice mechanic, our lecturer a one Mr Gibson, who was a fitter on the Napier Sabre engines during the war, managed to have one delivered to our technical college workshop for us lads to tear apart - great days !
Every time I listen to these gentle old fellas talking so matter-of-factly about the unbelievably frightening things they did I feel so humbled. it was a generation the likes of which we'll never see again.
Excellent documentary. The pilots are so modest, playing down their experiences, whilst describing them so vividly.
Marvelous airplane flown by very brave men. Thanks ever so much.
To the young man who put this together, i tip my hat to you sir. Well done. My hope is that the production values get sorted, as i'm sure the rest of this documentary is just
as riviting. At 3:33 i paused the clip,as i recognized this Typhoon from the No.440 Sqdn
history book. The three gentlemen are P/O "Dick" Watson the g/c are Ivan Black and 'Del'
Christopherson. This was taken at Eindhoven,30/Nov/1944. While this documentary
focuses on the RAF, Canada sent three F/B "Tiffie" Sqdns into the fray. 438,439 440sqdn.
Each performed gloriously and at a very high cost. RCAF "Tiffies" wore black spinners
and were dive bombers. The RAF wore white spinners and used rockets. A tour on "Tiffies" was 100 sorties. Flying Typhoons was a very perilous duty. 450 Typhoons were
used on D-day. By mid August when the beach head was secured 151 pilots were lost.
41 of these brave lads were Canadian. all found, 633 " Tiffie" pilots were lost by wars end.159 of these brave souls were Canadian. To all of these great guys, thank you.
Thanks for adding the information about the Canadian contingent, as I noticed the Canadian flag, and a couple of Canadian pilots!
How fantastic brave and natural,these men were,totally unassuming.. HUGE HUGE RESPECT
There are two connections to this airplane in my family: My great uncle Melsom Gee flew them out of England in 43-44, and in fact died in one over France on D-Day. My dad later worked for Napier, and his focus were the Deltic engines that were used in Torpedo boats and eventually the Royal Scot locomotives. He was an engineer, and his apprenticeship was with some of the engineers who had built and refined the Sabre. Napier had a flair for highly innovative design ideas, but often ones that were dependent on everything being exactly right to deliver on their promise.
Always thought these machines were very striking in their brutal, powerful appearance and the way they represented quite literally the maximum extension of the propellor-driven single seat combat aircraft. It's a very good film, and I'd love to see it in its full form. Have you got any kind of crowd-funding organized for its completion?
Damn good documentary for a 17 year old. Those Typhoon pilots had balls of cast iron.
Excellent presentation. Sad these people are all gone now. Don't see the veterans handing out paper poppies for your lapel any longer on Veterans Day. Let us not forget them. They gave their lives and their youth for us. Men and Women.
I spent 25 years in AV and video production. I think this 17 year old did very well with limited kit. It was obviously a labour of love because this kind of work takes so much longer than you think it will.
Just starting the Napier engine sounds scary. Incredibly compact for the power.
I'm a Tiffie fan, and love this program. So many of those speaking are no longer with us... Well done on making this
Brilliantly made film. So much better than we have to suffer on TV. So nice to see full face shots instead of the horrible close ups from eyes to chin.
Beautiful document of a "forgotten plane". Shame on those who did forget her. This plane and all of it's crews were decicive in the war's end. Such a bloody shame and a kick in the butt for those who never deserved this. Abormal poweful plane with utmost courageous men who flew them. I salute you!
My father was a WW2 veteran.He served with the Canadian First Infantry Division in Sicily, Italy . and Holland. The only aircraft he ever mentioned were the rocket firing Typhies.
From the UK; respect to the Canadians - brave indeed.
Wow! Thanks to those vets for sharing. These stories need to be told for us all to hear.
I love the stories these old boys tell...The history of war is one thing but the personal recollections of it are priceless.
I pride myself on my ww2 knowledge, but what I knew about typhoons I could write on the side of a packet of navy cut cigarettes, fantastic documentary! Well done sir !
23:00 - astonishing accuracy - each pair, perfect hits
Very well made Doco, a credit to the 17 yr old who made it. Music is well chosen. Narration is not drowned out by loud music. Other people putting Doco's on Y-T should take note.
Fantastic documentary. I love the British pilots' gift for modest understatement.
Fascinating first person stories. Thank you pilots for doing it, film makers, thanks for telling their story
My mother worked at Napier's assembling Sabres during the war. She also worked on a capstan lathe and in a drawing office. she was just 15 when she began. She worked 15 hour days and despised every second. She was also blitzed. The story of the Typhoon does not begin and end with the pilots, and all who lived through the war were hero's. That whole generation. Weeks before VE-day, my mother was laid off without thanks.
Some got laid to rest, also with little or no thanks too
History remembers and reveres the fallen, but the survivors and those who made their fight possible just disappear into the haze of indifference.
And it still goes on today, nobody cares - once the battle is won - about the sacrifice and grit of those who found themselves embroiled in conflict.
@ Paul Fabrique. If you pay a visit to the Canadian war memorial at Vimy Ridge, you will understand that it is there to honour all who served their country faithfully. You will know that your mother is one of them.
Ordered this DVD last week, watched it tonight, excellent footage and interviews, a must for any one interested in the typhoon and its pilots who's courage remains beyond compare.
As we say down here in Texas, "Hey, Buddy---YOU DONE GOOD ON THIS DOCUMENTARY"...thank you for sharing and for this great tribute to the heroes in
the dangerzone skies above Normandy in 1944. (No matter about the music--the production gets 5 STARS my friend...)
Wait a sec, this isn't a professional doc? Its done so well I kept waiting for a BBC watermark to show. I'm American and love aviation. British warplanes have always intrigued me since I knew so little about them. I've grown to love and respect them and videos like this go a long way educating my thirsty brain on some amazing aircraft.
I hope you pursue making doc's professionally. Amazing video.
Escape Velocity I.
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I could listen to the stories veterans have for ever and ever.
Bloody hell, what a spectacular BEAST~ ! 2000 pounds making 2500 hp! What valiant men flew this fighter-bomber, with wonderful ground support, logistics, planning, design, manufacturing and production staff. Profound props and respect. And what an amazing, well-done tribute documentary. Awesome job!
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Typhoon....What a beautiful bird. I had no idea they were so dangerous to fly. Not talking about air attack or ground fire. Just the nature of how un-reliable they were surprised me. I think a second working typhoon is nearing completion in the next few years. Would be so great to see one fly again. Thanks for posting. God bless all who served and still serve.
Aliens music fits in well. As stated in many other comments, absolute respect to these men. Difficult to credit almost when you look at the young faces and know many never got much older, especially being more than a good few years older myself.
Beautiful documentary,i am forever grateful to the men who fought for our freedom
The Tempest was always my favourite as a kid, that big air scoop, and the rockets made it look awesome!
I'm very happy to have stumbled upon this film, or part of a film. The Hawker Typhoon is an outstanding aircraft at a time when the sky's over the European theatre were abuzz with outstanding aircraft of war. The apeal, it seems to me, is as the buccaneer of the sky. Its close encounters with enemy assets, to use the current venacular, the means to allow its pilot to smash and destroy with a dreadful resolve and an immediate gratification a young man can feel after unleashing such power to destroy. The Typhoon looked like a killer from the skies and it was. It was a powerful aircraft, and a puposfull beast of destruction bringing pin point death to its targets. A wondeful machine of war and a strangely handsome one.
What a fantastic tribute and fascinating film about a subject that has been unfairly neglected
i have always been a great admirer of the typhoon and the pilots both a very special breed of man and machines ,i loved how the germans feared them ,sad the way they slipped into the background of the war ,they saved many a allied soldier
17:20 Epic story. A FW-190 pilot tips & clips himself whilst trying to escape the Typhoon - no shots even fired. The sight of that beast barreling through the sky after him must have just scared heck out of him!! What a supremely great tribute to the 'Tiffy. Fight's over at the sight
Brave, brave men. Flying a typhoon into a wall of flak took more than courage. I look at these pilots and of course the crew and others who were involved in stopping Hitler and just say these men are so amazing. Thanks for this video, it is well made and shows me what it takes to be your not to average hero.
My grandfather flew in 182 sqn. Crash landed flying back from France, was also shot down by Flak over the Netherlands. Both time he made it back intact and was back in the cockpit in no time.
A great piece of work. Thank you.
Incredible movie production that Sabre engine complexity phew?!
Gentlemen, this is a fine film. You have nothing for which to apologize. This is a really great way to make these incredibly brave men live on. Improve it if you think you can but it's a really fine job. Great music, nice cutting. Some of the interviews are a little dark but it's a really great story.
Chopin
I think the reverential style of this film is entirely appropriate. Well done, thank you for sharing this.
Excellent documentary with a lot of footage I've never seen before. Valuable interviews with veteran pilots. You get the impression that the Typhoon was an example of pushing the boundaries to the limit of what was possible with the technology available at the time. For anyone who hasn't read it I recommend 'The Big Show' by Pierre Closterman
P.s Forgot to add I thoroughly enjoyed this, marvelous to hear those wonderful pilots reminisce. Great job and better than majority of ''professional'' efforts.
I'm so impressed with the quality and presentation of this documentary. I always wanted to know more about this aircraft after seeing a destroyed Napier engine in a museum in Normandy. Even though it was so badly damaged as it had flown straight into the ground, I struggled to work out how many engines it was made from as it had a mass of gears connecting it all around the final (prop) drive. That was over twenty years ago and this film is an educational experience - thank you!
Just to re-iterrate my/our thanks for your continued support - keep watching and sharing the video and if you have something nice or supportive to say then please comment! The Typhoon was flown by a multi-national group of pilots and it's just one aspect of the story that connects so many different regions with the same bit of history. Sorry if we don't reply as quickly as other TH-camrs - work and life commitments take up a lot of time! Thanks for your support and we'll do our best to bring you some exciting news on the Typhoon film later this year.
Yes, an excellent 'plane despite early teething problems, it still came into its own and cemented a brilliant reputation as a superlative ground attack fighter.
Its a fabulous documentary, I've just watched it for the first time.
I learned about this aircraft after reading Commando war stories as a child in the 70's and 80's. But after a work colleague lent me 'The Big Show' by Pierre Closterman my fascination grew. A powerful but fickle aircraft(a lot of them were) which was pivitol in the ground attack role.
Thanks for your efforts. I'd love to see the second half.
One had to feel more in control flying this 24 cylinder monster. However, people were swept up into the war and turned into brave pilots. Great music score including Ridey Scott's Alien showing the german 88 MM guns. Very chilling! Again, Great job!
Brilliant film thanks for making it, the testimony of those who flew them is so important to be kept
Chills. I love hearing these fine men tell their stories....thank you for documenting them 👍
Brilliant doc and and Brilliant aircraft. So revealing to hear the pilots comments about the handling and other characteristics.
Wow the first clip of the rocket strike on the railway, super accurate for unguided rockets!
Great documentary
I notice that too.
Brilliant work! Waaaay better than all the TV history documentaries! It seems no matter what subject of aerial warfare they choose they cannot help but give a full chronology of the Battle of Britain and the lead up to WW2, assuming total ignorance of the viewer. Yours on the other hand does exactly what it should do and informs the viewer on the chosen topic. Documentary makers take note!
What a fantastic documentary, absolutely first class. What can I say that hasn't been said, except I've had the privilege of working for over 20 years on the latest generation of Typhoons. A worthy name and perhaps a memorial to those who gave everything. This film along with many others, should be part of the school curriculum.
Lest We Forget.
This piece brought tears to my eyes, it is very informative, I have loved the Tiffie and Tempest and Sea Fury since I was a child, I have never seen film footage well good film footage of my babies, just photographs, I for one love the presentation, the idea that it is here for me watch and re-watch is good enough for me, because of my love for planes there are many great planes that there is no information on them so thank you for this piece!
Horrace Foster Check with the Maine State Aeronautical Historical Society of Bangor Maine. An RCAF Typhoon crashed off course on a ridge in the middle of our state. The plane was fairly well preserved.
hawkertyphoon.com/ warbirdsnews.com/aviation-museum-news/tempest-revival.html
My great grand uncle flew a flew a typhoon as a commander and a lieutenant over North Africa and Burma with the RAF. He's Canadian and I'm glad to see that people are noticing the pilots more than the machine itself!
I'm really glad this film got made - we could have had nothing...
There are several Mustangs, Spitfires, F8's, F6's, P47's etc, even a few Bf109's and FW190's. But if I were to have a WW2 bird, it would be a Tempest or a Typhoon, with the Napier Sabre II engine.
The Hawker Tempest was one bad-ass airplane.
Great video, absolutely needed to be made. The typhoon was a terrific fighter bomber, mainly because of the brave young men who flew them. Such a huge responsibility , on such young shoulders.
A brilliant documentary so well made. Thankyou for sharing this. Its always great to see and hear these amazing pilots talk about their experiences.
Remarkable fighter and equally remarkable men, such a pity that there are none flying today, well done on providing this footage!
Ground Attack is well known, as the most dangerous act a pilot can be called upon to do!...respect, awe...and thanks
Magnificent aircraft. Outstanding documentary. Job Well Done mate !
Good informative doc-now the Hawker Typhoon is finally being recognized for the contribution it made to the war thanks for the post much appreciated. Auckland New Zealand 2021
Very well done doco on these amazing aircraft and their courageous pilots, wonderful testimony .. My father was in the Royal Navy just following the war and flew Sea Fury and Seafire aircraft ... He did know much about the Typhoon and RAF guys who flew them.. He recalled them as being a "enormous brute of a aircraft that liked to set itself on fire"....
Now is June 5 2019. Hard to believe another fifteen years have flown bye since 2011. I enjoyed this video. Thanks.
I rememder....and was in awe of the Typhoon armed with rockets. A more handsome plane I may have ever seen. I purchased the first model kit I found and painted it on D Day color scheme. I think some of the bravest men ever flew her. I was aware any German tank spotted was in great danger.
Cheese Noodles. I had two models of Typhoons hanging in my room. They were threatening a lone Panther tank on the bookcase.
Great stuff, really good to interview as many of the survivors as possible, its great to hear their story.
Fantastic! thanks for you getting all of this so nicely together and the great interviews !
Many thanks for this ! the Typhoon a pivotal aircraft is wrongly forgotten as is the crews that flew them ! I will be getting this Documentary if I can !
A brilliant piece of documentary. A credit to the young fellows who made it and to the crews in the air and on the ground who lived it. I have seen many docos that were not to this standard from tv who had much more $$ and technology at their disposal. Again well done.
I have just finished yesterday (23-3-2015).reading Clostermans.."The Big Show" that gave me nightmares but such is the price humanity pays for peace.
I recall making my air fix models inc the typhoon and thinking what a pugnacious thing it was.
I have had the privilege to be treated as a patient by a doctor who I believe lives in Tasmania now who flew the Typhoon, ie hat is after his military service he trained to be a doctor. In an interview with the ABC he related that he was flying a Typhoon carrying the surrender documents forward for the Germans to sign and crash landed! he somehow got the documents to their destination.
Clostermans memoir was one of the first books I read on that struggle in the `70's an haven't stopped since....👍
Great work! I know a thing or two about various WW2 planes, but very little about the Typhoon until watching this. They really were beasts! Whilst the Spitfire looks graceful and refined, the Typhoon looks like a monster.
Modest but bloody amazing people. Thank you.
I enjoyed watching this tribute to the UK version of our P47 Jug. I think I will take the Jug, as it had a lot of parts protecting the operator, namely a big R2800 double wasp, but I imagine the sound from two flat twelves Siamesed together could only be truly appreciated live and in person. My Dad spent some time at Hawker Sidley in the mid 60’s. It was across the river, east of all the trendy spots back then. Only 20 years after VE. Still fresh in the minds of the men who were in the fight I reckon. Nice job on this film.
Even that model of a Tiffie on the shelf looks wonderful, potent and mean. A real one attacking a target must have been a hell of a sight.
A wonderful,enjoyable doco,thank you. I so enjoy hearing from the actual men who flew these amazing aircraft!
But how about that 24-cylinder Napier Sabre engine? -what a compact brute of a machine!
Thank you,again. Great stuff.
Easy to see the Canadian pilot's character. Thanks for producing this.
Watched this documentary (unfinished) terribly interesting ans compelling. How I would love to see and talk to those pilotes. We owe them a lot.
when I was young I read "the big show" and have been fascinated with the Typhoon ever since. I enjoyed your documentary and have wondered why there is not more mention of it and those who flew it in historical documentary. Thank you.
Great book, but you know Clostemann flew Spitfires and Tempests, not the Typhoon?
Very good and informative vid! There are two groups trying to complete a flying Typhoon, one in England and one in Canada. I seriously hope at least one of them can make it happen. We all want to hear a Napier Sabre singing its heart out again!!!! :) I may have to make a running 24 cylinder engine just to encourage them :)
Love the Typhoon. Brilliant documentary, especially given the age of the fellow who produced it.
Really great documentary on the Tiffy. I am an aged pilot - can't fly on pain pills! - and truly enjoyed the film. While living in England in the early '50's, I was able to meet with several RAF Tiffy pilots, and enjoyed their tales told to a young lad such as I was. I vividly recall the late summer evenings, when the sky was filled with the contrails of fighters exercising their skills - a beautiful sight!
Great Doc! Just awesome. Keep it up guys, you have the true doc making gift man,
Great documentary brother!!! Keep making them so i can keep watching them... 👊
A great documentary! Important to get the last living heroes on video, before they are all, very sad to say, gone.
enjoyed film and think its great that a 17 year old done this but its also a respectful thing to do and im sure your grandfather would be proud of you. hope you get the support you need and deserve. all the best
This is a tremendous accomplishment for a teen to take on and achieve. Sound level be damned, well done!
A tribute to the bave pilots who put themselves at risk for our freedom. Also an interesting historical record. Many thanks for posting it.
to:typhoon pilots. looking forward to your new efforts for 2016, and will be waiting with much anticipation. by the way. please keep the theme music. it is most appropriate for
this documentary. it really brings it home. thank you.
I'm very happy to see a docu that is not about Spitfire or Hurricane. Not that I have anything against those planes, but a LOT of docus have been made about these.
A fascinating and very well researched documentary. I found the music appropriate to a dramatic story. Well done.
Fine documentary and great tribute to those brave men