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Beaufighter

The Bristol Beaufighter was designed as a two-seat long-range fighter. To speed up production many parts of the older Bristol Beaufort were used. The tail, landing gear and with airborne radar located in the nose for night-fighting. The Mk. IF was the initial production and fitted with four 20 mm cannons in the nose along with six 7.7 mm machine guns in the wings. There were a total of 553 of the IF version produced.

Bristol Beaufighter TF (Torpedo Fighter) Mk. X, MB-T/NT950, No. 236 Squadron, Coastal Group #16, RAF North Coates

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Bristol Beaufighter IF, R2101/NG-R, RAF 604 Squadron, late 1940

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Bristol Beaufighter Mk. VIF "KW147", 415th NFS, 12th USAAF, La Vallon, France, September 1944

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Bristol Beaufighter Mk. VIF, ND220, Sqn Ldr J. H. Etherton, No. 176 Sqn., Minneriya, Ceylon, March - April 1945

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Bristol Beaufighter Mk.21 N-SK A8-116, 93 Squadron, RAAF Green Ghost, 1945 Babs pistol packin' gremlin

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Bristol Beaufighter Mk.IF, X7673 coded E, Guy Gibson

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Bristol Beaufighter Mk.IF RO-B, No.29 Sqn., West Mailing, late 1942 Bambi

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Bristol Beautfighter Mk.VI No. 272 Squadron, Malta 1942

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Bristol Beaufighter TF.X LZ451, 404 Sqn. RCAF, RAF Coastal Command, Davidstow Moor, June 1944

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Bristol Beaufighter TF.X NE548, 455 Sqn., RAAF, mid-1944 UB-E

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Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk.X RD315, Coastal Squadron 254, 1944

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Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk.X Torpil-Bombardiman-105. Torpil Grubu/1.BI., THvKv No.6111 (ex-RAF RD492), Delivery date : June, 1947

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Bristol Beaufighter Mk.IF R2069 "ZK-A", 25 Sqn., RAF, North Weald, Essex, Sept 1940

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Bristol Beaufighter Mk.IC A19-5, "F" of No. 30 Sqn., RAAF, Port Moresby, March 1943

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Bristol Beaufighter Mk.IC T3317/XK-?, No.272 Sqn., Malta 1941

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Bristol Beaufighter TF.X No. 144 Sqn, RAF Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, February 1945

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Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VIF flown by Sqn Ldr M.J. Mansfeld and Flying Officer S. Janacek, ND 211, WM-K, No. 68 Sqn., Fairwood Common Airfield, May 1944

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