No. It was supposed to be the RAF's next frontline fighter, replacing the Spitfire and Hurricane. It didn't work out though so they kept the Spit. The Typhoon was almost canceled, but its high low level speed proved useful against the German Fw190 raids and then it was useful as an attack aircraft.
Yup, the Hawker Typhoon was the replacement for the Hawker Hurricane. It was plagued by early engine and tail problems which gave its reputation a black-eye the finished product didn't deserve. It was actually meant to be the quicker and harder hitting interceptor/interdictor complimenting the Spitfire's more purely air superiority role.
The fact that air to air combat on the Western front typically took place well above the Typhoon's optimum performance envelope didn't help either. Then there was the practical grounding or destruction of most remaining day-light twin engined aircraft in the Luftwaffe on the Western front , planes the Typhoon was well endowed to have devoured like ripe fruit. So, by the time the operational squadrons were equipped with Typhoons these factors caused the Typhoon to be relegated to the ground attack role, really for a lack of anything else to do. It couldn't escort bombers into Germany and it couldn't effectively patrol for fighters at 30k+, so it fell into the role of ground pounder accidentally, it was really never designed to be one initially.
But, as a fun, "what if" scenario, imagine the Typhoon on the Eastern front where the fights were low and it would have been facing low Fw190s and twin-engine Luftwaffe medium bombers and fighter bombers. It would have been hell on wings. It was just the wrong plane at the wrong place at the wrong time. But, ironically a very solid plane in its niche that never really had a chance or environment conducive to proving itself in. Which actually happens to be the niche air combat occurs in the AH MAs for the most part, 5-10k complex engagements.
