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As title say. Those three lovely birds never got into service, and that's a shame. So I thought about a very rough outline to get all three in RAF service.
First, Hawker gets a contract for the Henley circa 1938 and it replace part of OTL Fairey Battle force. Hardly a loss, particularly for crews.
As per OTL Hawker outsource the Henley to Gloster (Gloster also build all the Typhoons later)
BUT
Because there is much more than OTL 200 Henleys, and even killing the Gladiator, Gloster isn't enough.
So Hawker build less Hurricanes.
Hence during the battle of Britain the Miles M.20 get into limited production.
Meanwhile the RAF fall in love with the Henley, and improved variants keep Hawker busy. So busy in fact that Tornado and Typhoon got into more trouble than OTL.
While Hawker promise an improved Typhoon for late 1942 (Tempest) the Martin Baker MB-3 is considered as a possible alternative mid-1941.
Because Hawker is overloaded with better and better Henleys, the MB-3 beats the Tempest and goes into production.
Because Sabre is troublesome, the Griffon MB-4 goes into production, too.
I've checked Wikipedia and was surprised that the MB-3 flew two months before the Tempest (July 1942 vs September)
What are your thoughts about this scenario ?
First, Hawker gets a contract for the Henley circa 1938 and it replace part of OTL Fairey Battle force. Hardly a loss, particularly for crews.
As per OTL Hawker outsource the Henley to Gloster (Gloster also build all the Typhoons later)
BUT
Because there is much more than OTL 200 Henleys, and even killing the Gladiator, Gloster isn't enough.
So Hawker build less Hurricanes.
Hence during the battle of Britain the Miles M.20 get into limited production.
Meanwhile the RAF fall in love with the Henley, and improved variants keep Hawker busy. So busy in fact that Tornado and Typhoon got into more trouble than OTL.
While Hawker promise an improved Typhoon for late 1942 (Tempest) the Martin Baker MB-3 is considered as a possible alternative mid-1941.
Because Hawker is overloaded with better and better Henleys, the MB-3 beats the Tempest and goes into production.
Because Sabre is troublesome, the Griffon MB-4 goes into production, too.
I've checked Wikipedia and was surprised that the MB-3 flew two months before the Tempest (July 1942 vs September)
What are your thoughts about this scenario ?
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