The Bristol Beaufort

The Bristol Beaufort

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The tail end of a Bristol Beaufort left to rust away near Bamaga, Cape York Peninsula, Far North Queensland.

The Bristol Type 152 Beaufort was a large torpedo bomber designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, and developed from the earlier Blenheim light bomber. A light bomber is a military bomber aircraft which, when compared to other bombers, is relatively small and fast.

Beauforts were most widely used, until the end of the war, by the Royal Australian Air Force in the Pacific theatre. Most of these planes were manufactured under licence in Australia. Beauforts also saw service with the Royal Air Force’s Coastal Command – including Commonwealth squadrons serving with the RAF – and then the Fleet Air Arm from 1940, until they were withdrawn in 1944. Website

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