Originally Posted by
Landloper
Aye, the Tiffy was mostly (3,000+) produced at Brockworth/Hucclecote 5 miles from me. You wouldn't know it as you pass by nowadays. Nothing, not even a measly plaque. The Typhoon's finest hour seems to have been the halting of the German counterattack at Mortain in 1944:
"The chief credit in smashing the enemy's spearhead, however, must go to the rocket-firing Typhoon aircraft of the Second Tactical Air Force... The result of the strafing was that the enemy attack was effectively brought to a halt, and a threat was turned into a great victory."[Eisenhower]
[...or, perhaps, the attack on the HQ of the 15th German Army in October 1944 by 146 Typhoon Wing resulting in the deaths of 2 generals and 70 other staff officers, greatly reducing the effectiveness of the 15th and thus aiding its defeat at the hands of the advancing Canadians].
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