Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter, ali samo Beau, je bil britanski dvomotorni težki lovec/bombnik iz 2. svetovne vojne. Razvit je bil na podlagi torpednega bombnika Beaufort. "Beaufighter" je okrajšava za "Beaufort" in "fighter" (lovec). Beaufighter se je uporabljal na skoraj vseh frontah 2. svetovne vojne. Skupaj so zgradili skoraj 6000 letal. V Avstraliji so zgradili verzijo znano kot DAP Beaufighter.
S hitrostjo 540 km/h na višini 5000 metrov je bil sorazmerno počasen za lovca. Leta 1942 se je pojavil hitrejši de Havilland Mosquito, ki je prevzel vlogo nočnega lovca. Beaufighter je bil kljub temu uspešen pri napadih na kopenske cilje in ladje.
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Specifikacije (Beaufighter TF X)
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Bibliografija
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Bridgeman, Leonard, ed. "The Bristol 156 Beaufighter." Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London: Studio, 1946. ISBN 1-85170-493-0. Flintham, V. Air Wars and Aircraft: A Detailed Record of Air Combat, 1945 to the Present. New York: Facts on File, 1990. ISBN 0-8160-2356-5. Franks, Richard A. The Bristol Beaufighter, a Comprehensive Guide for the Modeller. Bedford, UK: SAM Publications, 2002. ISBN 0-9533465-5-2. Gilman J.D. and J. Clive. KG 200 (novel). London: Pan Books Ltd., 1978. ISBN 978-1-902109-33-6. Hall, Alan W. Bristol Beaufighter (Warpaint No. 1). Dunstable, UK: Hall Park Books, 1995. Howard. "Bristol Beaufighter: The Inside Story". Scale Aircraft Modelling, Vol. 11, No. 10, July 1989. Innes, Davis J. Beaufighters over Burma – 27 Sqn RAF 1942–45. Poole, Dorset, UK: Blandford Press, 1985. ISBN 0-7137-1599-5.
Mason, Francis K. Archive: Bristol Beaufighter. Oxford, UK: Container Publications. Moyes, Philip J.R. The Bristol Beaufighter I & II (Aircraft in Profile Number 137). Leatherhead, Surrey, UK: Profile Publications Ltd., 1966. Parry, Simon W. Beaufighter Squadrons in Focus. Walton on Thames, Surrey, Uk: Red Kite, 2001. ISBN 0-9538061-2-X. Roba, Jean Louis. Foreign Planes in the Service of the Luftwaffe. Pen & Sword Aviation, 2009. ISBN 1-84884-081-0 Scutts, Jerry. Bristol Beaufighter (Crowood Aviation Series). Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK: The Crowood Press Ltd., 2004. ISBN 1-86126-666-9. Scutts, Jerry. Bristol Beaufighter in Action (Aircraft number 153). Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1995. ISBN 0-89747-333-7. Spencer, Dennis A. Looking Backwards Over Burma: Wartime Recollections of a RAF Beaufighter Navigator. Bognor Regis, West Sussex, UK: Woodfield Publishing Ltd., 2009. ISBN 1-84683-073-7. Thetford,Owen. Aircraft of the Royal Air Force since 1918. Putnam & Company, 1976. ISBN 978-0-37010-056-2. Thomas, Andrew. Beaufighter Aces of World War 2. Botley, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2005. ISBN 1-84176-846-4. Wilson, Stewart. Beaufort, Beaufighter and Mosquito in Australian Service. Weston, ACT, Australia: Aerospace Publications, 1990. ISBN 0-9587978-4-6.
Zunanje povezave
Manual: (1941) Pilot's Notes - Beaufighter II Aeroplane with Two Merlin XX Engines Manual: (1944) Air Publication 1721F, H & J Pilot's Notes for Beaufighter Mark VI - Two Hercules VI Engines, Marks TFX & XI - Two Hercules XVII Engines Austin & Longbridge Aircraft Production A picture of a Merlin-engined Beaufighter II Bristol Beaufighter further information and pictures Beaufighter Squadrons "Torpedo Beaufighter" a 1943 Flight article "Whispering Death" a 1945 Flight article on Beaufighters in Burma
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