Tempest Mk VI

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The Tempest Mk VI was a late-war and postwar British single-seat fighter aircraft variant of the Hawker Tempest, optimized for high-altitude and hot-climate operations.

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Tempest Mk VI canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hawker Tempest variant ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ
single-engine ⓘ
tailwheel undercarriage ⓘ
aircraftFamily Hawker Tempest family ⓘ
linked to: Hawker Tempest
aircraftRole fighter-bomber ⓘ
single-seat fighter ⓘ
airframeMaterial metal ⓘ
armamentType cannon-armed fighter ⓘ
basedOn Hawker Tempest Mk V ⓘ
linked to: Hawker Tempest
category military aircraft ⓘ
propeller-driven aircraft ⓘ
cockpitType enclosed cockpit ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designedFor Royal Air Force overseas commands ⓘ
operations in tropical climates ⓘ
designer Sydney Camm ⓘ
developedFrom Hawker Typhoon (indirectly via Tempest series) ⓘ
era early Cold War ⓘ
late World War II ⓘ
landingGearType retractable conventional landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Hawker Aircraft ⓘ
militaryBranchUser Royal Air Force fighter squadrons ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
numberOfEngines 1 ⓘ
optimizedFor high-altitude operations ⓘ
hot-climate operations ⓘ
powerplantType piston engine ⓘ
propulsion propeller-driven ⓘ
seatConfiguration single-seat ⓘ
successorTo Hawker Typhoon in RAF fighter-bomber role ⓘ
usedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
usedFor air-superiority missions ⓘ
ground-attack missions ⓘ
usedInConflict post–Second World War period ⓘ
wingType elliptical wing ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hawker Tempest → variant → Tempest Mk VI ⓘ
Tempest Mk I → successor → Tempest Mk VI ⓘ