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Items Signed by Flight Lieutenant Ron Grant |
| Clipped Signature - Ron Grant. Price : £30.00 | Flew Typhoons with No.183 Sqn using rockets to attack ground and sea targets in preparation for D-Day. He then transferred to No.609 Sqn based in Normandy in July 1944 but in August bailed out after engine failure and was taken prisoner for the res...... | |
| Typhoons at Falaise by Nicolas Trudgian. SOLD OUT | It is August 1944, barely two months since the Allies landed their first troops on the beaches of Normandy. Already the German Panzer Divisions are in full retreat, and it is critical to halt them before they can regroup. Caught in the Gap at Falais...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Typhoons at Falaise by Nicolas Trudgian (AP) Price : £300.00 | It is August 1944, barely two months since the Allies landed their first troops on the beaches of Normandy. Already the German Panzer Divisions are in full retreat, and it is critical to halt them before they can regroup. Caught in the Gap at Falais...... | |
| Typhoons at Falaise by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) Price : £200.00 | It is August 1944, barely two months since the Allies landed their first troops on the beaches of Normandy. Already the German Panzer Divisions are in full retreat, and it is critical to halt them before they can regroup. Caught in the Gap at Falais...... | |
| Typhoons at Falaise by Nicolas Trudgian. (XX) Price : £170.00 | It is August 1944, barely two months since the Allies landed their first troops on the beaches of Normandy. Already the German Panzer Divisions are in full retreat, and it is critical to halt them before they can regroup. Caught in the Gap at Falai...... |
Flight Lieutenant Ron Grant Squadron details |
No.609 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 10th March 1957 Known Codes : , PR, BL, | No.609 Sqn RAF West Riding (Auxiliary) Tally ho! |
Flight Lieutenant Ron Grant Aircraft details |
Typhoon Manufacturer : Hawker Built : 3330 | Typhoon Single engine fighter with a maximum speed of 412 mph at 19,000 feet and a ceiling of 35,200 feet. range 510 miles. The Typhoon was armed with twelve browning .303inch machine guns in the wings (MK1A) Four 20mm Hispano cannon in wings (MK!B) Two 1000ilb bombs or eight 3-inch rockets under wings. The first proto type flew in February 1940, but due to production problems the first production model flew in May 1941. with The Royal Air Force receiving their first aircraft in September 1941. Due to accidents due to engine problems (Sabre engine) The Hawker Typhoon started front line service in December 1941.The Hawker Typhoon started life in the role of interceptor around the cost of England but soon found its real role as a ground attack aircraft. especially with its 20mm cannon and rockets. This role was proved during the Normandy landings and the period after. The total number of Hawker typhoons built was 3,330. |
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