David Fairbanks
Squadron Leader David Charles Fairbanks (22 August 1922 – 1975) was an Americans, American fighter pilot and flying ace who served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the World War II, Second World War. During the war, he scored 14 aerial victories, 13 of them on the Hawker Tempest, making him the highest scoring ace for that aircraft. Early life Fairbanks was born in Ithaca, New York. After finishing high school, he ran away from home and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was accepted on his second attempt and enlisted in Hamilton, Ontario in February 1941. He didn't transfer to the United States Army Air Force, USAAF when the United States of America, USA entered the war. World War Two After training, he was posted as a flight instructor to the No. 13 Service Flying Training School RCAF, No. 13 Service Flying Training School. After a year as a flight instructor, he got a posting in the UK to the No. 501 Squadron RAF at RAF Hawkinge, flying the Supermarine Spitfi ...
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Hawker Tempest
The Hawker Tempest is a British fighter aircraft that was primarily used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the Second World War. The Tempest, originally known as the ''Typhoon II'', was an improved derivative of the Hawker Typhoon, intended to address the Typhoon's unexpected deterioration in performance at high altitude by replacing its wing with a thinner laminar flow design. Since it had diverged considerably from the Typhoon, it was renamed ''Tempest''. The Tempest emerged as one of the most powerful fighters of World War II and at low altitude was the fastest single-engine propeller-driven aircraft of the war. Upon entering service in 1944, the Tempest performed low-level interception, particularly against the V-1 flying bomb threat, and ground attack supporting major invasions like Operation Market Garden. Later, it successfully targeted the rail infrastructure in Germany and ''Luftwaffe'' aircraft on the ground, as well as countering similar attacks by German fighters. T ...
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