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Bristol Beaufighter
The Beaufighter was designed as a long-range heavy fighter, with many components in common with the Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber. It saw service as a night fighter, a torpedo bomber, a ground attack fighter and an anti-shipping aircraft. In addition to operations in Europe, it also served in the Middle East and Far East. By September 1945 a total of 5 564 had been built in a variety of models and many continued in front-line service into the end of 1950s.
The Beaufighter was the first effective radar-equipped night fighter. In early versions of the aircraft

                          

 Type: Long-range heavy attack/fighter, night fighter, torpedo bomber.
Power plant Two Bristol Hercules XVII radial engines
Wingspan 57 ft 10 in 17.63 m
Length 41 ft 8 in 12.6 m
Height 15 ft 10 in 4.84 m
 
Weight  25,420 LB 11,530 kg
Speed 328 mph 528 km/h

Ceiling 26,500 ft 8,077 m

Range 1,500 mi 2,400 km

Armament 4x 20 mm Hispano cannon, 1x 7.7mm machine gun (fighters - 4x cannon, 6x machine gun); 728 kg torpedo or 2x 454 kg bomb or 8x rockets
Crew Two