List Of Hawker Typhoon Operators
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The List of Hawker Typhoon operators lists the countries and their air force units that have operated the aircraft:


Operators


Australia

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Royal Australian Air Force "Through Adversity to the Stars" , colours = , colours_label = , march = , mascot = , anniversaries = RAAF Anniversary Commemoration ...
* No. 451 Squadron RAAF - Three aircraft, for tropical trials.


Canada

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Royal Canadian Air Force The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF; french: Aviation royale canadienne, ARC) is the air and space force of Canada. Its role is to "provide the Canadian Forces with relevant, responsive and effective airpower". The RCAF is one of three environm ...
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No. 400 Squadron RCAF The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...
- Two aircraft for development work. * No. 438 Squadron RCAF *
No. 439 Squadron RCAF The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...
* No. 440 Squadron RCAF


New Zealand

* 485 (NZ) SquadronArticle XV Squadrons - the RNZAF proper did not use Typhoons. * 486 (NZ) Squadron


United Kingdom

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Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...
* 1 Squadron (July 1942 - April 1944) * 3 Squadron (February 1943 - April 1944) * 4 Squadron - Tactical Fighter Reconnaissance Unit, part of
Second Tactical Air Force The RAF Second Tactical Air Force (2TAF) was one of three tactical air forces within the Royal Air Force (RAF) during and after the Second World War. It was made up of squadrons and personnel from the RAF, other British Commonwealth air forces, ...
- used a small number of Fighter Reconnaissance (FR) Typhoons. (October 1944 - January 1945) * 56 Squadron (September 1941 - May 1944) * 137 Squadron (January 1944 - August 1945) * 164 Squadron (January 1944 - May 1945) * 168 Squadron (September 1944 - February 1945) * 170 Squadron - Two aircraft for development work.Thomas and Shores 1988, p. 179. * 174 Squadron (April 1943 - September 1945) * 175 Squadron (April 1943 - September 1945) * 181 Squadron (September 1942 - September 1945) * 182 Squadron (September 1942 - September 1945) * 183 Squadron (November 1942 - January 1945) * 184 Squadron (March 1944 - September 1945) * 186 Squadron (November 1943 - February 1944) * 193 Squadron (January 1943 - August 1945) * 195 Squadron (November 1942 - February 1944) * 197 Squadron (November 1942 - August 1945) * 198 Squadron (December 1942 - September 1945) * 245 Squadron (December 1942 - August 1945) * 247 Squadron (January 1943 - August 1945) * 257 Squadron (July 1942 - May 1945) * 263 Squadron (December 1943 - August 1945) * 266 Squadron (January 1942 - July 1945) * 268 Squadron (July 1944 - October 1944) FR 1B * 349 (Belgian) Squadron * 350 (Belgian) Squadron - Three aircraft only. * 534 SquadronRawlings 1978, p. 465. * 542 Squadron - One aircraft (MN315) * 609 Squadron (April 1942 - September 1945) *1320 ('Abdullah') Flight (May - June 1944) ;
Fleet Air Arm The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) is one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy and is responsible for the delivery of naval air power both from land and at sea. The Fleet Air Arm operates the F-35 Lightning II for maritime strike, the AW159 Wil ...
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778 Naval Air Squadron 778 Naval Air Squadron (778 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. History During the Second World War the squadron was a Service Trials Unit (STU) initially based at RNAS Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, England before moving ...


See also

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Hawker Typhoon The Hawker Typhoon is a British single-seat fighter-bomber, produced by Hawker Aircraft. It was intended to be a medium-high altitude interceptor, as a replacement for the Hawker Hurricane, but several design problems were encountered and i ...
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Hawker Tornado The Hawker Tornado was a British single-seat fighter aircraft design of the Second World War for the Royal Air Force as a replacement for the Hawker Hurricane. The planned production of Tornados was cancelled after the engine it was designed to ...
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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 ...


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* * * Rawlings, John D.R. ''Fighter Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft''. London: Macdonald & Jane's (Publishers) Ltd., 1969 (2nd edition 1976, reprinted 1978). . (Various Squadron pages plus order of Battle 1944, pages 528-529) * Thomas, Chris. ''Hawker Typhoon: Warpaint Series No. 5''. Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire, UK: Hall Park Books Ltd., 2000. * Thomas, Chris and Christopher Shores. ''The Typhoon and Tempest Story''. London: Arms and Armour Press, 1988. .{{refend
Hawker Typhoon The Hawker Typhoon is a British single-seat fighter-bomber, produced by Hawker Aircraft. It was intended to be a medium-high altitude interceptor, as a replacement for the Hawker Hurricane, but several design problems were encountered and i ...
Typhoon A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops between 180° and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere. This region is referred to as the Northwestern Pacific Basin, and is the most active tropical cyclone basin on Earth, accounting for a ...
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