Hawker

Hawker Typhoon

Fighter bomber

  • First flight1940
  • Introduction11 September 1941
  • StatusRetired
  • Number built3,317
Technical data

Specifications

01

Crew & dimensions

Crew
One
Length
31 ft 11.5 in
Wingspan
41 ft 7 in
Height
15 ft 4 in
02

Performance

Maximum speed
422 mph
Range
510 mi
Service ceiling
31,800 ft
03

Powerplant

Powerplant
1 × Napier Sabre IIA, IIB or IIC H-24 liquid-cooled sleeve-valve piston engine (2,180 hp)
04

Armament

Armament
Guns: 4 × 20 mm Hispano Mk II cannon; Bombs: 2 × 500 lb or 2 × 1000 lb bombs; Rockets: 8 × RP-3 unguided air-to-ground rockets.

Weapons 1

HH Aircraft guns Hispano-Suiza HS.404 Widely used 20 mm cannon of the Second World War, built in France, the United Kingdom and the United States. Hispano-Suiza · France→