6 May 1944, Brockworth Aerodrome, Hucclecote, Gloucestershire. Hawker Tempest Mark Vs, new and shiny, after leaving the Gloster Aircraft Company production line. #WW2 #HISTORY Brockworth Aerodrome was the home of the Gloster Aircraft Company. Today the Dowty factory on Hurricane Road has a section of the original runway, which used to run across the land between Cooper’s Edge and Tesco. Hucclecote was a small village until development began prior to the outbreak of World War II in 1939. Developm

69K views · 1.6K reactions | Hawker Tempest, powered by the Napier Sabre - Tempest and Typhoon pilots needed to use oxygen even during ground operations due to the CO emissions from the H24 behemoth - at The Royal Air Force Museum London #ww2 #ww2history #warbirds #hawker #tempest | Daniel J Wheatcroft | Facebook

34K views · 922 reactions | Hawker Tempest Mk II at The Royal Air Force Museum Midlands. The Tempest II would have been the escort fighter for ‘Tiger Force’. #ww2 #ww2history #WWII #hawker #warbirds | Daniel J Wheatcroft | Facebook