Bristol Beaufighter

Airframes · Oct 2, 2016

Interesting that the second pic is a lateral reversal of the first !

Snautzer01 · Feb 19, 2017

Wurger · Feb 19, 2017

Old Wizard · Feb 19, 2017

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Old Wizard · Aug 25, 2017

fubar57 · Aug 30, 2017

Good one

johnbr · Oct 7, 2017

Royal Air Force Bristol Beaufighter Mk.1 (Type 156, RAF s/n X7718) on the ground, U.S. Army Air Force Captain William J. Wrigglesworth is part of the US inspection team and is waving from atop the aircraft, ca. 1942.

Wurger · Oct 7, 2017

johnbr · Jun 23, 2018

Bristol 156 Beaufighter | BAE Systems | International

Wurger · Jun 23, 2018

Smokey Stover · Jun 23, 2018

Snautzer01 said:
Begazi Libia 1943

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Great pic

Smokey Stover · Jun 23, 2018

nuuumannn said:
RAAF; RNZAF never operated Beaufighters. Not to be confused with New Zealand squadrons of the RAF, 489 Sqn, for example, which flew Beaus from air bases in Scotland.

Very interesting pic. Formerly T4930, Beaufighter IC A19-11 was one of the first of the type to be operated by the RAAF and was imported from the UK, arriving in April 1942 as opposed to being built in Australia by the Department of Aircraft Production at Fisherman's Bend; these had the serial prefix A8. Note the straight hori stab; the later Beau 21s had dihedral on theirs. A19-11 operated with 30 Sqn and nominally the aircraft wore squadron codes 'LY', but I've seen pics of 30 Sqn Beaus with just the ID letter as here. A19-11 was recorded as converted to components approved May 1944.

But Beau nightfighters were operated from Port Moresby..... And Beaufighters were built in Australia from 1943 (maybe earlier) but off the top of my head i cant recall the exact numbers built. But they were manufactured under the name DAP (Department aircraft production) at Fishermens bend, Melbourne & Victoria. Given the designation A8, by the end of the war Australia had built 365 Mk 22's alone. In service with the RAAF, (Seven squadrons) RCAF, (Four squadrons) USAAF (Four squadrons) RNZAF (Two squadrons) SAAF (Two squadrons). Operating from the ETO to the PTO