Profile: Tempest Mk.V Unit: 486 Sqn (New Zealand), RAF Serial: SA-D (JN803)
This aircraft delivered to the 486 Sqn on May 17th, 1944. In Summer 1944 it was flown by may pilots and 12 of them claimed many at least one victory. The most successful was F/O Kalka. On July 12th, he shot down four V-1 in one mission. Totally the airplane wore 26 V-1 victory markings. In December 1944 it was transferred to the 3 Sqn., but on December 29th under control of F/O Slade-Betts it was shot down by Bf.109 Fw. Walter Arnold from 9./JG 27 North of Hespe, Germany. It was 6th of 10 Arnold victories.
Kalka William Arthur
Slade-Betts Ken
Artist: © Dusan Simek
Source: REVI No.65, REVI Publications, P.O. Box 143, Svojsikova 1588, 70800 Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Rebuplic. ISBN: 1211-0744

Tempests of 486 Squadron, 124 Wing at Lubeck. This squadron got a big score agains the doodle-bugs over S.E. England last summer. Also avenged us on New Years day, they were in the air at the time and altogether destroyed 44 of our visitors after he left Eindhoven for the trip back to the Fatherland. Lubeck, July ’45. "This aircraft is well documented on the web. SA-M (SN129) carries the pennant and scoreboard of Jimmy Sheddan. Sheddan claimed 1 and 2 shared in SN129. It's first success came on 13 March 1945 when Warren Schrader claimed a Fw190. Jack Stafford got another Fw190 on 12 April in this aircraft."

Profiles:Tempest Mk.V Unit: 486 Sqn (New Zealand), 2nd TAF, RAF Serial: SA-M (SN129)
Pilot - Squadron Leader Jimmy Sheddan. Flew this plane he claimed 1.5 FW.190 (On 14th and 16th April 1945) and 1/2 Bv.138 (On 2nd May 1945).
Also Flight Lieutenant John Harry Stafford flew this plane. On 12th April 1945 he shot down FW.190D.
Also Wing Commander of 486 Sqn Warren Schrader flew this plane and claim one FW.190 On 13th April 1945.
Profiles:Tempest Mk.V Unit: 486 Sqn (New Zealand), 2nd TAF, RAF Serial: SA-M (SN129)
Fassberg, Germany.
Artist: © Chris Thomas
Source: "2nd Tactical Air Force Volume Three From the Rhine to Victory - January 1944 to May 1945" by Christopher Shores & Chris Thomas, First published in 2006 by Classic Publications Limited ISBN (10) 1-903223-60-1, ISBN (13) 978-1-903223-60-4

Profile: Hawker Tempest MkV Unit: 486 Sqn (New Zealand), 150 Wing, 2nd TAF, RAF
Serial: SA-N (JN766)
Castle Camps, April 1944. One of the first production branch. Note Typhoon style ID stripes, officially discontinued in February 1944.
Artist: © Don Greer
Source: The Hawker Tempest page

Photo: In flight, enlarged up from 35mm film. Lubeck, July 1945.
Tempest NV763 that claimed one victory when flown by F/L N.J. Powell. Photos taken by my father, Gerald Trevor Roberts, whilst based at Lubeck, Germany, with 124 Wing.
Web Reference: http://www.flickr.com/photos/johntrathome/4982627168/