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From: T. .R. Dafforn <td214@cam.ac.uk>
> Hi All,
> Didn't the British rebadge it in the east as the typhoon or am I thinking of
> something completely different?
No - the Typhoon was an indiginous British product and was built by Hawker.
It's engine was a Napier H-configuration unit - from memory it might have been
called the Sabre, but don't quote me on that.
Cheers,
Bill.
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