AIRCRAFT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SERVICE, 1939-1945: HAWKER TEMPEST. - Tempest Mark Vs lined up on completion at the Hawker Aircraft Company works at Langley, Berkshire. The nearest aircraft, JN818, served with No. 3 Squadron RAF and was flown by the Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader K A Wigglesworth, when the Newchurch Tempest wings attacked a V2 launch site in a wood 20 miles north of the Hague on 13 September 1944. Wigglesworth fired on the target, causing an explosion which destroyed his aircraft and killed him. , Royal Air Force, 3 Squadron

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