TEMPEST PILOTS
This page will present some of the most famous Tempest pilots.
TEMPEST PILOTS
This page will present some of the most famous Tempest pilots.
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Wing Commander ROLAND BEAMONT (DSO, DFC*) Nationality: Great Britian Units: 150 Wing Victories: 30 V-1 Flying Bombs, 1 Bf109 and 1 Fw 190 in Tempest. Note: W/C Beamont was flying with personal code-letters on his aircraft; R-B (JN751). |
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Wing Commander PIERRE CLOSTERMANN (DSO, DFC*) Nationality: France Units: 274, 56 and 3 Victories: 14 (19 previous) Note: W/C Clostermann flew the famous Tempest Mk. V "Le Grand Charles" (named after the french general de Gaulle). Code-letters JF-E. Actually he flew four aircraft marked JF-E with serial numbers NV994, NV724, NV784 and NV???. Pictures from Clostermann's The Big Circus |
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S/L JIMMY R. CULLEN (DFC) Nationality: New Zealand. Units: 486 Victories: 16 V-1 Flying Bombs. Note: Cullen even flew Typhoons as Commanding Officer with the 186 squadron Feb - Oct 1945. |
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F/Lt James "Stocky" Edwards (DFM, DFC**) Nationality: Canada Units: 274 Victories: Note: More info on Edwards and other Canadian aces see: Canadian Air Aces and Heroes. |
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S/L D.C. FAIRBANKS (DFC**) Nationality: US Units: 3 and 274 Victories: 11 or 12 in Tempest (and 1 previous) and 1 V-1 Flying Bomb. Note: Fairbanks become the most succesful Tempest pilot in air combat. |
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Flying Officer D. E. NESS Nationality: Canada Units: 56 Victories: 5 and 5 V-1 Flying Bombs. Note: |
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Flying Officer J. J. PAYTON (DFC) Nationality: Great Britian Units: 56 Victories: 6 and 1 probable and 1 V-1 Flying Bomb. Note: |
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Wing Commander WARREN E. SCHRADER (DFC*) Nationality: New Zealand Units: 486 Victories: 9 individual and 1 shared in Tempest. 2 1/2 previous. Note: |
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