Hawker Tempest Mk.V Series 1
Originally envisaged as the Hawker Typhoon Mk.II, the Tempest was developed as a series of six prototypes, each powered by a different engine. This was undertaken, so that if development problems arose with one engine, development still continued with the others.
The six prototypes built were as follows:
- One Tempest Mk.I (serial number HM599), equipped with the Napier Sabre Mk.IV engine
- Two Tempest Mk.II (serial numbers LA602 and LA607), equipped with the Bristol Centaurus Mk.IV engine (LA607 later receiving a Centaurus Mk.V)
- One Tempest Mk.III (serial number LA610), equipped with the Rolls-Royce Griffon 85 engine (originally planned for the Griffon IIB)
- One Tempest Mk.IV (serial number LA614), which was never completed but planned to be equipped with a Griffon 61 engine
- One Tempest Mk.V (serial number HM595), equipped with the Napier Sabre Mk.II engine
Hawker Tempest Mk.V Series 1
The first 100 production Hawker Tempest Mk. V fighters were designated as Series 1. All had serial numbers starting with JNxxx. They were easily distinguished from the later Series 2 due to:
- retention of fish plates on the rear fuselage
- a built-up rear spar pick-up/bulkhead assembly (just behind the cockpit) which was adapted from the Typhoon. Small blisters on the upper rear wing root fairing covered the securing bolts. Series 2 had a new forged, lightweight assembly which connected to new spar booms
- fitted with 20 mm Hispano Mk.IIs with long barrels which projected ahead of the wing leading edges and were covered by short fairings; Tempest V Series 2 switched to the short-barrelled Hispano Mk.Vs, with muzzles flush with the leading edges
Hawker Tempest Mk.V prototype HM595 with early car door cockpit structure and small tail unit 
Hawker Tempest Mk.V Series 1 HM595 
Hawker Tempest Mk.V prototype with bubble canopy and Mk V tail, but with 20 mm Hispano Mk.II guns 
Hawker Tempest V Series 1 
first production Hawker Tempest V JN729 Long-barrelled Hispano II cannon and Typhoon five-spoke mainwheels 
Hawker Tempest V Series 1 JN766 of 486 Sqn. April 1944 
Hawker Tempest Mk.V Series 1 JN740 
Hawker Tempest Mk.V Series 1 JN730 
Hawker Tempest Mk.V Series 1 JN730 
Hawker Tempest Mk.V Series 1 JN757 
Hawker Tempest Mk.V Series 1 JN733 
Hawker Tempest Mk.V Series 1 
Hawker Tempest V Series 1 prototype HM595 cockpit 
Tempest V Series 1 marked with black and white stripes 
Hawker Tempest Mk. V Series 1 of 3 Sqn RAF. Nov 1944 
Re-Arming a Hawker Tempest Mk. V Series 1 JN751 
Re-Arming a Hawker Tempest Mk. V Series 1 JF-G of 3 Sqn RAF 
3 Squadron RAF Tempest and air crew during a pre-mission briefing, during the Battle of Normandy, 1944
