<i>A Hawker Typhoon Mk IB of No. 486 Squadron RAF, 27 October 1943.</i><br>
Exhibiting its aggressive lines to advantage, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Typhoon" class="extiw" title="en:Hawker Typhoon">Typhoon IB</a> JP853/SA-K of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._486_Squadron_RAF" class="extiw" title="en:No. 486 Squadron RAF">No. 486 (NZ) Squadron RAF</a> displays for the photographer during a visit to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Tangmere" class="extiw" title="en:RAF Tangmere">Tangmere</a>, 27 October 1943. One of the Typhoon's problems, especially during its first months of service, was that it was frequently mistaken for the FW190. After various experiments the identification markings shown here, consisting of 12in black and 24in white bands, were adopted.
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112244814" class="extiw" title="d:Q112244814"><span title="press photographer and official photographer of the British Royal Air Force">Stanley Arthur Devon</span></a>
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Taken on 27 October 1943
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