Bristol Beaufighter

Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter (sering disebut sebagai "Beau") adalah sebuah pesawat multi-fungsi yang dikembangkan pada Perang Dunia Kedua oleh Bristol Aeroplane Company di Britania Raya. Pesawat tersebut aslinya dijadikan sebagai varian pesawat penyerang berat dari pengebom Bristol Beaufort.

Type 156 Beaufighter
Beaufighter Mk X
Jenis Pesawat penyerang berat / Pesawat penyerang
Pembuat Bristol Aeroplane Company
Penerbangan perdana 17 Juli 1939
Pengenalan 27 Juli 1940
Dipensiunkan 12 Mei 1960 (Britania Raya)

1960 (Australia)

Status Pensiun (1960)
Pengguna utama Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force
Dibuat Mei 1940 – 1946
Jumlah 5,928
Dikembangkan dari Bristol Beaufort

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  • Wilson, Stewart. Beaufort, Beaufighter and Mosquito in Australian Service. Weston, ACT, Australia: Aerospace Publications, 1990. ISBN 0-9587978-4-6.

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Video luar
  Period newsreel on the Beaufighter, featuring footage of RAF operations by Coastal Command and in North Africa
  Documentary on the Beaufighter, focusing on its Australian service
  Australian 1943 propaganda film on the destruction of a Japanese invasion convoy in the Bismark Sea involving Beaufighters