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Despite its high production numbers, the Hawker Typhoon 1A and 1B were both plagued by a series of design and technical problems.

Hurricane

The Hawker Typhoon 1A & 1B: Worst RAF Fighters in WWII?

by Arnold Blumberg

In 1934 the British War office accepted a new aircraft design eventually designated the Hawker Hurricane Mark 1. Read more

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