Comments: softcover, 96 pages, 80 black-and-white photos, 11 color plates with illustrations of 23 aircraft
ISBN: 978-1-4728-1454-8
Price: $23
Publisher: Osprey
From the publisher: Hawker’s charismatic Tempest V entered RAF service in time to be the most successful counter to the V1 flying bomb assault on southern England in summer 1944, claiming more than 800 of the robot missiles. Tempest V units then crossed the Channel to combat the best the Luftwaffe had to offer, more than holding their own against Fw 190D-9s, Ta 152s, Me 262s, and Bf 109G/Ks. Aircraft profiles and combat reports trace the history of Tempest squadrons from initial design and WWII combat through the plane’s postwar roles.
FSM says: Time frame, location, and context will help modelers determine correct camouflage schemes and markings. Color illustrations show the aircraft in service from Newchurch to Nicosia.