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    The Bristol Beaufort (manufacturer designation Type 152) is a British twin-engined torpedo bomber designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, and developed...
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    Bristol Beaufighter, from 1980 to 1993, and as the Bristol Beaufort, from 1984 to 1994. Along with the Bristol 603, it was one of two concurrent successors...
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    Company. It was originally conceived as a heavy fighter variant of the Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber. The Beaufighter proved to be an effective night fighter...
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  • North Carolina Beaufort, South Carolina Beaufort County, South Carolina Bristol Beaufort, a large British torpedo bomber CSS Beaufort, a Confederate Navy...
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    was established as the Greenbank Army Camp. On 10 April 1945, a RAAF Bristol Beaufort crashed at Greenbank after taking part in an air gunnery exercise at...
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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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    the Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 "Sparviero", the CANT Z.1007, the Bristol Beaufort and Bristol Beaufighter ("Torbeau"), the Junkers Ju 88, the Heinkel He 111...
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    ratio 7.2:1. Taurus XX – trials engine only, one built. Note: Bristol Type 148 Bristol Beaufort Fairey Albacore Fairey Battle testbed only Gloster F.9/37...
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    countries which used the Bristol Beaufort, along with their units: Royal Australian Air Force No. 1 Squadron RAAF operated Beauforts between December 1943...
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    Duchess of Beaufort presided over the restoration of Badminton House and its grounds. She received an honorary degree (LLD) from Bristol University for...
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  • radar Bristol Beaufort The Beaufort was derived from a medium bomber and was used by the Fleet Air Arm from 1940 until the end of the war. The Beauforts operated...
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    Henry Hugh Arthur FitzRoy Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort KG, GCVO, PC (4 April 1900 – 5 February 1984), styled Marquess of Worcester until 1924, was a...
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    from a Typhoon rocket. The Bristol Beaufighter was a long-range twin-engine heavy fighter derived from the Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber but with the...
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  • withdrawn from operational service in late 1939 Bristol Beaufort (RAF, FAA) Bristol Blenheim/Bisley (RAF) Bristol Bombay (RAF) bomber-transport Douglas Boston...
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    July 1939. The organisation was set up specifically to produce the Bristol Beaufort under licence in Australia. After an evaluation process to assess the...
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    was ordered straight off the drawing board alongside the competing Bristol Beaufort. On 28 December 1938, the first production aircraft made the type's...
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    Monmouth, at the close of June 1685, was hesitating to march upon Bristol, Beaufort as Lord Lieutenant occupied it in force on 16 June. He threatened...
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  • Cornwall, England. In the Second World War, on Friday 24 July 1942, a Bristol Beaufort twin-engine torpedo bomber, AW288, of No. 86 Squadron RAF crashed into...
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    from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015. "Bristol Beaufort N1180". Air Crash Sites Scotland. Gordon Lyons. Archived from the original...
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    Lady Margaret Beaufort (pronounced /ˈboʊfərt/ BOH-fərt or /ˈbjuːfərt/ BEW-fərt; 31 May 1443 – 29 June 1509) was a major figure in the Wars of the Roses...
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    a Bristol Type B1 Mk IV turret Bombs: 2× 500 lb (230 kg) or 4 × 250 lb (114 kg) bombs Related development Bristol Blenheim Bristol Beaufort Bristol Beaufighter...
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    John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, 3rd Earl of Somerset, KG (25 March 1404 – 27 May 1444) was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred...
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    built Blenheim Bristol Type 152 Beaufort - torpedo bomber Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter - two engine fighter, and torpedo bomber Bristol Type 159 - four...
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    for these aircraft to also be used for level bombing missions. The Bristol Beaufort, Nakajima B5N and Grumman TBF Avenger, while designed as torpedo bombers...
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  • Transport 1986–2007 5 Bristol Blenheim Mk.I, IV & V UK Bomber 1939–1943 10+ Bristol Beaufort I, IA, II, IIA UK Bomber 1941–1944 58 Bristol Beaufighter Mk.II...
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    the Congo during 2013. Junkers Ju 86Z Martin Maryland Bristol Beaufort Bristol Blenheim V Bristol Beaufighter Aérospatiale Alouette III Aérospatiale SA...
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    arrived in March with Bristol Blenheim aircraft for anti-shipping operations, however, No. 48 Sqn's detachment of Bristol Beaufort aircraft left in August...
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  • Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter Boeing C-98 Boeing C-108 Flying Fortress Bristol Beaufort Budd C-93 Budd RB Conestoga Cessna 165 Cessna C-77 Cessna C-78 Cessna...
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    formed at RAF Turnberry and to be tasked with training aircrew on Bristol Beaufort, a British twin-engined torpedo bomber, but was forced to form at RAF...
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  • Squadron RAF Bristol Beaufort RAF Thorney Island No. 59 Squadron RAF Lockheed Hudson RAF North Coates No. 217 Squadron RAF Bristol Beaufort RAF Thorney...
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