Bristol Beaufighter
| 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 |
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.
Referensi
Catatan
Daftar pustaka
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Bacaan tambahan
- Bradley, Phillip. To Salamaua. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-107-27633-8.
Pranala luar
Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Bristol Beaufighter.
 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 |
- Austin & Longbridge Aircraft Production
- A picture of a Merlin-engined Beaufighter II Diarsipkan 2018-01-04 di Wayback Machine.
- Bristol Beaufighter further information and pictures
- Beaufighter Squadrons
- "Beaufighter - Whispering Death, The Forgotten Warhorse". You Tube GB. c4nucksens8tion. 16 Mar 2013. Diakses tanggal 28 April 2016.
- "Torpedo Beaufighter" a 1943 Flight article
- "Whispering Death" a 1945 Flight article on Beaufighters in Burma
- Pilot's Notes Diarsipkan 2016-03-04 di Wayback Machine.
