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15_002541 Bristol Beaufighter X Bristol Hercules Engine

15_002541 Bristol Beaufighter X Bristol Hercules Engine

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Bristol Beaufighters attack German 'M' class minesweepers escorting a convoy off the Dutch coast

Bristol Beaufighters attack German 'M' class minesweepers escorting a ...

Bristol Beaufighters from Nos. 144 and 254 Squadrons RAF, No. 455 Squadron RAAF and No. 489 Squadron RNZAF attacking German 'M' class minesweepers escorting a convoy off the Dutch coast, north-west of Borkum, w... More

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CNA3943

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CNA3943

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Copy negative of CH 15213

Air Vice Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd, Air Officer Commanding Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Forces, in Britain, 18 March 1944 TR1594

Air Vice Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd, Air Officer Commanding Mediterranean ...

Air Vice Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd, Air Officer Commanding Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Forces, in Britain, 18 March 1944 Air Vice Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd, KBE, CB, MC, DFC, AOC Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air... More

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Beaufighter. CH2736

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Beaufighter. CH2736

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Beaufighter. Beaufighter Mark IF, R2153 'PN-W', of No. 252 Squadron RAF preparing to taxy at Chivenor, Devon.

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Beaufighter. CH2739

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Beaufighter. CH2739

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Beaufighter. Beaufighter Mark IF, R2198 'PN-B', of No. 252 Squadron RAF based at Chivenor, Devon, in flight off the coast.

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter. CH15213

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Type 156 Beaufighte...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter. Beaufighter Mark VIF, V8380 'K', of No. 89 Squadron RAF, running up its engines at Castel Benito, Libya. This aircraft is equipped with ... More

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter. CH3149

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Type 156 Beaufighte...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter. Beaufighter Mark IF, R2198 'PN-B', of No. 252 Squadron RAF based at Chivenor, Devon, in flight over the snow-covered West Country.

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter. CH9757

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Type 156 Beaufighte...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter. Beaufighter Mark VIC (ITF), interim torpedo fighter, JL832 'A' of No. 144 Squadron RAF based at Tain, Ross-shire, in flight

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter. CM5105

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Type 156 Beaufighte...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter. Beaufighter Mark IC, T5043 'V', of No. 272 Squadron RAF in flight over Malta. The Squadron flew from both Luqa and Ta Kali during this period.

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter. MH4560

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Type 156 Beaufighte...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter. The first production Beaufighter Mark IIF night fighter, R2270, fitted with dihedral tailplanes and equipped with AI Mark IV radar, in fl... More

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945-bristol Type 156 Beaufighter. CH16668

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945-bristol Type 156 Beaufighter...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945-bristol Type 156 Beaufighter. Beaufighter Mark VIF, V8565 ‘ZQ-F’, of the Fighter Interception Unit in a revetment at Wittering, Huntingdonshire. AI Mark VIIIA centimet... More

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1939-1945- Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter. ATP10742C

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1939-1945- Bristol Type 156 Beaufight...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1939-1945- Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter. Beaufighter Mark VIF, X7883, on the ground at Filton, Bristol, following assembly at the Bristol Aeroplane Company's 'shadow' factory at... More

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1939-1945-bristol Type 156 Beaufighter MH4563

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1939-1945-bristol Type 156 Beaufighte...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1939-1945-bristol Type 156 Beaufighter Beaufighter Mk V prototype, R2274, at the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Boscombe Down, Wiltshire. R2274 was one of t... More

Belgian Air Training School in Britain- Training at Snailwell, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, 1945 D25509

Belgian Air Training School in Britain- Training at Snailwell, Cambrid...

Belgian Air Training School in Britain- Training at Snailwell, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, 1945 Belgian trainees at work repairing and maintaining a Bristol Beaufighter at the Belgian Air Training School at Snailwell.

Bristol Beaufighter Mk IIF night fighter of No. 255 Squadron RAF at Hibaldstow, Lincolnshire, 5 September 1941. ATP10603B

Bristol Beaufighter Mk IIF night fighter of No. 255 Squadron RAF at Hi...

Bristol Beaufighter Mk IIF night fighter of No. 255 Squadron RAF at Hibaldstow, Lincolnshire, 5 September 1941. Beaufighter Mark IIF night fighter, R2402 ‘YD-G’, of No. 255 Squadron RAF, on the ground at Hibald... More

Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIF of No. 96 Squadron RAF being re-armed at Honily, Warwickshire, 23 March 1943. CE22

Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIF of No. 96 Squadron RAF being re-armed at Ho...

Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIF of No. 96 Squadron RAF being re-armed at Honiley, Warwickshire, 23 March 1943. Beaufighter VIF V8748/ZJ-R of No. 96 Squadron being re-armed at Honiley, 23 March 1943. The armourers ar... More

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command C4835

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command C4835

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command The Norwegian-registered D/S URSA manoeuvres desperately to avoid rocket and cannon fire from aircraft of the Banff Strike Wing, 19 September 1944. Three steamships - ... More

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command CH2747

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command CH2747

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command Bristol Beaufighter Is of No 252 Squadron in flight, January 1941.

Royal Air Force Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, 1939-1945. CM5109

Royal Air Force Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, ...

Royal Air Force Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, 1939-1945. Bristol Beaufighters of No. 272 Squadron RAF in flight over Malta. Nearest the camera is a Mark VIC, X8079, 'K', which was shot ... More

Royal Air Force Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, 1940-1945. C4035

Royal Air Force Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, ...

Royal Air Force Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, 1940-1945. A Bristol Beaufighter releases its bombs towards the further of two German flak vessels attacked by aircraft of No. 201 Group, so... More

Royal Air Force Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, 1940-1945. CM4724

Royal Air Force Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, ...

Royal Air Force Operations in Malta, Gibraltar And the Mediterranean, 1940-1945. Five Malta-based pilots sitting in front of two fighter aircraft at Luqa. Third and fourth from the left, respectively are, Wing... More

Royal Air Force Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, 1940-1945. GM1040

Royal Air Force Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, ...

Royal Air Force Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, 1940-1945. Bristol Beaufighter Mark VIC, X8035 'J', of No. 235 Squadron RAF Detachment, taking off from Luqa, Malta, during the Italian nav... More

Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945 CF511

Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945 CF511

Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945 Groundcrew surround the pilot of Bristol Beaufighter Mark VIF, X7898 'G', of No. 89 Squadron RAF Detachment at Sadaung, Burma, after a sortie over the Mandalay area.

Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. CE125

Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. CE125

Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. Damaged Bristol Beaufighter Mark VIF of No. 177 Squadron RAF parked in a dispersal at Feni, India, after hitting a tree whilst avoiding anti-aircraft fire ... More

Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. CI162

Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. CI162

Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. Ground crew pull the chocks away from a Bristol Beaufighter Mark VIF of No. 27 Squadron RAF, piloted by Flying Officer D J Innes as he prepares to take off... More

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. CNA369

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1...

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Sheep graze peacefully in front of Bristol Beaufighter Mark IVFs of No. 153 Squadron RAF at Setif, Algeria. The censor has erased the ... More

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. CNA3947

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1...

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Local Arabs and their camels pass by Bristol Beaufighter Mark VIF, X8166 'E', raised by its tail while undergoing gun maintenance and h... More

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. CNA4278

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1...

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. A Bristol Beaufighter Mark VIF of No. 255 Squadron RAF running up its engines during sunset at Setif, Algeria.

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1940-1943. CM5381

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1940-1...

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1940-1943. Ground crews servicing Bristol Beaufighter Mark XI, JL899 'Z', of No. 227 Squadron RAF after hoisting the tail with a Coles Crane, prob... More

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1940-1943. CM5575

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1940-1...

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1940-1943. A line of Bristol Beaufighter TF Mark Xs of No. 603 Squadron RAF running up their engines at Gambut 3, Libya.

Royal Air Force Radar, 1939-1945 CH15214

Royal Air Force Radar, 1939-1945 CH15214

Royal Air Force Radar, 1939-1945 Air Interception: Wing Commander C P "Paddy" Green (wearing a flying officer's SD jacket), Commanding Officer of No. 600 Squadron RAF at Cassibile, Italy, looks out of the cockp... More

Royal Air Force- Air Defence of Great Britain (adgb), 1944. CH13699

Royal Air Force- Air Defence of Great Britain (adgb), 1944. CH13699

Royal Air Force- Air Defence of Great Britain (adgb), 1944. WAAF flight mechanics pull the chocks from the wheels of Bristol Beaufort Mark I, N1022, of No. 51 Operational Training Unit before a training flight ... More

Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1944-1945. CNA3005

Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1944-1945. ...

Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1944-1945. A formation of three Bristol Beaufighter TF Mark Xs of No. 272 Squadron RAF based at Alghero, Sardinia, in flight on an armed reconnaissance... More

Royal Air Force- Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, 1940-1945. CM3276

Royal Air Force- Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean,...

Royal Air Force- Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, 1940-1945. Bristol Beaufighter Mark IC, possibly from No. 235 Squadron RAF Detachment, preparing to taxy at Ta Kali, Malta. From mid-June ... More

Royal Air Force- Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. CM4422

Royal Air Force- Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-...

Royal Air Force- Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Bristol Beaufighter Mark IC, T5137 'F', of No. 252 Squadron RAF, taxies across the airfield at Idku, Egypt, before taking off on a sor... More

Royal Air Force- Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1940-1943. CM3619

Royal Air Force- Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1940-...

Royal Air Force- Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1940-1943. Aircrew of No. 252 Squadron RAF climb into the back of a lorry for the drive to their Headquarters at Idku, Egypt, after a successful ... More

Royal Air Force- Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1940-1943. CM3687

Royal Air Force- Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1940-...

Royal Air Force- Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1940-1943. Bristol Bisleys of No. 15 Squadron SAAF attack a Junkers Ju 52 with bombs and machine gun fire after forcing it down in the Western De... More

The German mine-detecting ship SAUERLAND being attacked off La Pallice in France by RAF Bristol Beaufighters, 12 August 1944. C4546

The German mine-detecting ship SAUERLAND being attacked off La Pallice...

The German mine-detecting ship SAUERLAND being attacked off La Pallice in France by RAF Bristol Beaufighters, 12 August 1944. The ship was later finished off by the Royal Navy. On 12 August 1944 the SAUERLAND, ... More

The navigator of a No. 125 Squadron Bristol Beaufighter MK VIF settles into his position, ready for another night patrol from Exeter, 14 September 1943. CH11182

The navigator of a No. 125 Squadron Bristol Beaufighter MK VIF settles...

The navigator of a No. 125 Squadron Bristol Beaufighter MK VIF settles into his position, ready for another night patrol from Exeter, 14 September 1943. The navigator/radar operator of a No 125 Squadron Beaufig... More

The Royal Air Force in Libya, May 1943 TR855

The Royal Air Force in Libya, May 1943 TR855

The Royal Air Force in Libya, May 1943 A Bristol Beaufighter Mk I of No 252 Squadron, Royal Air Force straining at the chocks before take off.

The Royal Air Force in Malta, June 1943 TR1058

The Royal Air Force in Malta, June 1943 TR1058

The Royal Air Force in Malta, June 1943 A flight of Bristol Beaufighters of No 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force on patrol off Malta.

The Royal Air Force in Malta, June 1943 TR1060

The Royal Air Force in Malta, June 1943 TR1060

The Royal Air Force in Malta, June 1943 A flight of Bristol Beaufighters of No 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force on patrol off Malta.

The Royal Air Force in Malta, June 1943. TR1064

The Royal Air Force in Malta, June 1943. TR1064

The Royal Air Force in Malta, June 1943. With Mdina in the background, Bristol Beaufighter Mark VIF 'F-Freddie' of No 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force on the taxiway at Ta Kali.

The Royal Air Force in North Africa, April 1943 TR868

The Royal Air Force in North Africa, April 1943 TR868

The Royal Air Force in North Africa, April 1943 A Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of No 252 Squadron, Royal Air Force with an F14 camera in its nose, warms up on a North West African airfield.

The Royal Air Force in North Africa, May 1943 TR843

The Royal Air Force in North Africa, May 1943 TR843

The Royal Air Force in North Africa, May 1943 A Royal Air Force Bristol Beaufighter aircraft circles a desert airfield in North Africa.

The Royal Air Force in North Africa, May 1943 TR860

The Royal Air Force in North Africa, May 1943 TR860

The Royal Air Force in North Africa, May 1943 A Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of No 252 Squadron, Royal Air Force circles a desert airfield in North Africa.

The Royal Air Force in the Libyan Desert, May 1943 TR816

The Royal Air Force in the Libyan Desert, May 1943 TR816

The Royal Air Force in the Libyan Desert, May 1943 A Royal Air Force Bristol Beaufighter Aircraft (No 252 Squadron?) being serviced in the North West African Desert.

The Royal Air Force in the Libyan Desert, May 1943 TR818

The Royal Air Force in the Libyan Desert, May 1943 TR818

The Royal Air Force in the Libyan Desert, May 1943 A Bristol Beaufighter IF of No 252 Squadron, Royal Air Force making a low pass over Magrun landing ground.

The Royal Air Force in the Mediterranean, May 1943 TR891

The Royal Air Force in the Mediterranean, May 1943 TR891

The Royal Air Force in the Mediterranean, May 1943 Bristol Beaufighter `Y-York' T5173 of No 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force escorting a convoy bound for Tripoli. The squadron was based at Ta Kali, Malta.

The Royal Air Force in the North African Desert, May 1943 TR904

The Royal Air Force in the North African Desert, May 1943 TR904

The Royal Air Force in the North African Desert, May 1943 A Royal Air Force Bristol Beaufighter aircraft circles a desert airfield.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A21937

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A21937

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A naval Bristol Beaufighter returns from fleet co-operation work to HMS CORMORANT II, Royal Navy Air Station, Gibraltar. The pilot and fitter, who looks after the mach... More

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A21941

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A21941

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Pilot and navigator pose with their Bristol Beaufighter at HMS CORMORANT II, Royal Navy Air Station, Gibraltar. The Rock can be seen in the background.

Women on the Home Front 1939 - 1945 CH13693

Women on the Home Front 1939 - 1945 CH13693

Women on the Home Front 1939 - 1945 The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF): RAF and WAAF flight mechanics working together on a Bristol Beaufighter Mark VI in a servicing hangar at No. 51 Operational Training U... More

Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter ExCC

Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter ExCC

Bristol Beaufighter Mk X, NE255/EE-H, of No. 404 Squadron RCAF at RAF Davidstow Moor.

Beaufighter 272 Sqn RAF at Malta-Ta Qali 1943

Beaufighter 272 Sqn RAF at Malta-Ta Qali 1943

With Mdina in the background, Bristol Beaufighter Mark VIF 'F-Freddie' of No 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force, on the taxiway at Ta'Qali airfield, Malta, in June 1943.

Beaufighter252 low pass over Magrun

Beaufighter252 low pass over Magrun

A Bristol Beaufighter IF of No 252 Squadron, Royal Air Force making a low pass over Magrun landing ground.

Beaufighter252 takeoff Libya

Beaufighter252 takeoff Libya

A Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of No. 252 Squadron, Royal Air Force with an F14 camera in its nose, warms up on a North West African airfield.

Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. HU91923

Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. HU91923

Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. Bristol Beaufighter Mark VIC, JL447 'G', of No. 248 Squadron RAF based at Predannack, Cornwall, flying past offshore islands in Western Approaches, at the start of a... More