The Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter (often called the Beau) is a British multi-role aircraft developed during the Second World War by the Bristol Aeroplane...
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The Bristol 412 is a car which was produced by British manufacturer Bristol Cars from 1975 to 1986. Variants were produced as the Bristol Beaufighter, from...
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The following are operators of the Bristol Beaufighter: Royal Australian Air Force European Theatre No. 455 Squadron RAAF (maritime strike) No. 456 Squadron...
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variant called the Beaufighter, which proved to be very successful and many Beaufort units eventually converted to the Beaufighter. The Australian government's...
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and R1083 (receiver) radio sets Related development Bristol Beaufort Bristol Beaufighter Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke Aircraft of comparable role, configuration...
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timeframe. The Hercules powered a number of aircraft types, including Bristol's own Beaufighter heavy fighter design, although it was more commonly used on bombers...
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produced by the company include the 'Boxkite', the Bristol Fighter, the Bulldog, the Blenheim, the Beaufighter, and the Britannia, and much of the preliminary...
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ground attacker, and fighter-bomber for most of the war; and the Bristol Beaufighter, which emerged as a major anti-shipping strike fighter of the Royal...
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in the Westland Whirlwind of 1940 and later in the more powerful Bristol Beaufighter, providing the Royal Air Force (RAF) with powerful cannon-armed interceptors...
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battle. In September 1940, No. 29 Squadron was re-equipped with the Bristol Beaufighter. Braham continued operations during "The Blitz", claiming the destruction...
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bombs and lay naval mines. Bristol Beaufighter The Bristol Beaufighter was an interim heavy fighter based on the Bristol Beaufort. It was used for attacks...
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Aircraft in fiction (section Bristol Beaufighter)
fighter pilot commanding a squadron of Bristol Beaufighters in North Africa during the Second World War. Bristol Blenheims appear in the 1945 British film...
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aeronautical past: the Beaufighter, Blenheim, Britannia and Brigand. In February 1997, Crook, then aged 77, sold a fifty per cent holding in Bristol Cars to Toby...
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mid-1942 it was replaced by better performing night-fighters, the Bristol Beaufighter and de Havilland Mosquito. The Defiant continued to find use in gunnery...
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service in July 1940 and reached widespread availability on the Bristol Beaufighter by early 1941. The Mk. IV helped end the Blitz, the Luftwaffe's night...
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Congo during 2013. Junkers Ju 86Z Martin Maryland Bristol Beaufort Bristol Blenheim V Bristol Beaufighter Aérospatiale Alouette III Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma...
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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Boulton Paul P.92 Bristol Beaufighter de Havilland Mosquito Douglas P-70 Havoc Focke-Wulf Ta 154 Gloster...
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the Flight was strengthened by the addition of four radar-equipped Bristol Beaufighter night fighters. The flight was reformed in July 1942 at RAF Luqa...
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elsewhere. The Bristol Type 164 was the outcome of the 1942 Air Ministry specification H.7/42 calling for a faster development of the Beaufighter for long-range...
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forces and shipping by aircraft like the Hawker Typhoon and the Bristol Beaufighter. In 1944–1945 several adaptations for general bombardment were produced...
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Bristol Aeroplane was known for their World War I Bristol Fighter and World War II Blenheim and Beaufighter planes. During the 1950s they were a major English...
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were sent to North Africa in 1943. When they arrived they operated Bristol Beaufighter night fighters. Later the 427th Night Fighter Squadron was deployed...
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RAF West Malling (section Beaufighters 1942)
the Defiant against single-seat fighters. No. 29 Squadron flying Bristol Beaufighters arrived for its first tour of duty on 27 April 1941. One of the Squadron's...
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Spitfire, a British photo reconnaissance aircraft Bristol Beaufighter Mk XIC, variant of the Bristol Beaufighter, a British Coastal Command long range heavy...
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1942-1943 from operational roles Brewster Buffalo (RAF) Bristol Beaufighter (RAF) strike fighter Bristol Blenheim (RAF) long range fighter and night fighter...
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Trainer/target tug Brewster 339C/D Buffalo - ex-Dutch KNIL-ML fighter Bristol Beaufighter - Fighter Budd C-93 Conestoga - Transport Cessna AT-8/AT-17/UC-78...
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The Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke is a maritime patrol aircraft and trainer used by the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. Produced...
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Mk II Bristol Beaufighter Bristol Blenheim Mk IF de Havilland Mosquito NF series Fairey Firefly NF Mk 5 Supermarine Spitfire Douglas P-70 Bristol Beaufighter...
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Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 "Sparviero", the CANT Z.1007, the Bristol Beaufort and Bristol Beaufighter ("Torbeau"), the Junkers Ju 88, the Heinkel He 111, the...
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attacks. A prototype version, the Mk. VII, entered service on the Bristol Beaufighter in November 1941. A small number of these were sent to units across...
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