No.11 SQN - T-shirt Westland Lysander The Tempest was to be

The Tempest was to be called the Typhoon II

in the Mediterranean and famously took part in the sinking of the Bismarck whilst operating from HMS Victorious in the Atlantic

The purpose of the association was to establish aeronautical research and development

formed in 1909 by Frederick Handley Page

Provost and Pembroke

No.11 SQN - T-shirt Westland Lysander The Tempest was to beXI Squadron Formed by the Royal Flying Corps, XI Squadron was the first fighter unit. Starting with the Vickers Gunbus at Netheravon, the squadron progressed to Bristol Fighters towards the end of the First War. Aircraft used between the wars include Westland Wapitis and Hawker Harts. At the outbreak of WW2 the squadron deployed to Singapore, armed with the Blenheim. The jet age added the Vampire, Venom and Javelin to the squadron's inventory. The