8.6K views · 138 reactions | Napier Sabre engine and the Hawker Tempest V, at RAFM Hendon. #ww2 #WWII #hawker #tempest #napier | Daniel J Wheatcroft | Facebook

3K views · 70 reactions | Hawker Tempest Mk V NV778 and Napier Sabre engine at The Royal Air Force Museum London. #ww2 #wwii #ww2history #tempest #warbirds | Daniel J Wheatcroft | Facebook

7.7K views · 154 reactions | Napier Sabre H24 sleeve-valved engine and one of its most famous users, the Tempest Mk V at The Royal Air Force Museum London. #ww2 #wwii #hawker #tempest #warbirds | Daniel J Wheatcroft | Facebook

Napier Sabre H24 - the engine that succeeded where the Rolls-Royce Vulture X24 did not. The output of Carbon Monoxide from the Sabre’s 24 cylinders was considerable, and the design of the Typhoon eventually necessitated that aircrew use oxygen at all times, even during ground ops. Sadly lives were lost before the CO issue was fully understood, but the Sabre was nonetheless a vital engine in UK aircraft development. At Imperial War Museum Duxford #ww2 #ww2history #napier #sabre #warbirds | Daniel

The Napier H-24 Sabre engine - a behemoth of a power plant that was not without its difficulties to begin with… #warbirds #ww2 #ww2history #sabre #tempest | Daniel J Wheatcroft

87K views · 2.8K reactions | Hawker Typhoon - Napier Sabre powered ground attack specialist, with cannon and RP-3 HE rockets at The Royal Air Force Museum London #ww2 #wwii #warbirds #typhoon #hawker #royalairforce | Daniel J Wheatcroft | Facebook