The Royal Air Force's Boulton Paul Defiant Was One Unusual Fighter


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The Boulton Paul Defiant is often portrayed as one of the worst aircraft of World War 2. Well, let's lay out the history and then you decide yourself!- Get o.


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The Boulton Paul Defiant was a two-seat, turret-armed fighter that served in a variety of roles with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.


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Royal Air Force Boulton Paul Defiant Mk Is of 264 Squadron, RAF Lincolnshire, August 1940. As a night-fighter fitted with AI MkIV Airborne Interception radar, the Defiant could attack unescorted German bombers unmolested.


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The Boulton Paul Defiant would go on to become the world's first electronic countermeasures aircraft. Quick Facts First flight 11th August 1937 Entered service 8th December 1939 Total built 1,064 Front view Side view Rear view


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Boulton Paul Defiant: Its early success in 1940. Before the Luftwaffe discovered its weak points, the Boulton Paul Defiant gave a good account of itself. Graham Pitchfork profiles two crews that had impressive success in the turret fighter. Portsmouth-born Edward Rowland Thorn joined 264 Squadron at Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, in October 1939.


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The Boulton Paul Defiant is a British fighter aircraft that was designed and built by the Boulton Paul Aircraft Company in the late 1930s. It was a unique aircraft in that it was designed to be a turret fighter, meaning it had a powered gun turret mounted behind the pilot that could be used to engage enemy aircraft.


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Boulton Paul Defiant Twin-Seat, Single-Engine Interceptor / Night-fighter / Turret Fighter Aircraft [ 1939 ] The Boulton Paul Defiant became a useful defensive-minded night-fighter platform primarily over Britian during World War 2.


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See 'Defiant' Jack Holmes' Boulton Paul Defiant L7005 at Kent Battle of Britain Museum. Visit kbobm.org for more details. venue. Kent Battle of Britain Museum Folkestone, Kent The most important collection of Battle of Britain artifacts on show in the country. The Museum was lucky to acquire one of the sites of Britain's epic struggle for.


Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I, RAF twoseat fighternight fighter

Boulton Paul. Defiant. Specification F.9/35 called for a two seater fighter. The pilot occupying the front, while a gunner occupied the rear with a swinging turret. The result was the acceptance of the Defiant built by the Boulton Paul Aircraft Company, which took over the aviation department of the Boulton and Paul Aircraft Company in June 1934.


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The Boulton Paul Defiant had a significant success in the German attacks leading up to the evacuation at Dunkirk. The sheer fire power of the Defiant took the Luftwaffe by surprise and by May 1940, the Defiant had shot down 65 German planes. However, the Luftwaffe soon learned that a Defiant attacked head on was an easy target and by August.


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The Boulton Paul Defiant is a British interceptor aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II.


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Often maligned as a failure, the Boulton Paul Defiant found a successful niche as a night-fighter during the German 'Blitz' on London, scoring a significant.


The Royal Air Force's Boulton Paul Defiant Was One Unusual Fighter

The Boulton Paul Defiant was a twin-seat fighter plane whose sole objective was to bring down German bombers. Behind the pilot sat a gunner operating a swing turret with a 360-degree upper.


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Boulton Paul Defiant NF IA Defiant JT-S N1744 in flight of No. 256 Squadron RAF 264 Squadron Defiant Defiant N1573 Defiant T4106 1941 Boulton Paul test pilots: Feather. Evans and Neale 1940 Night fighter Defiant Mk I V1110 RA-H of No. 410 Squadron RCAF early 1942 Factory fresh Boulton Paul Defiants factory line up 1939 Defiant in flight 1940


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