A Bristol Blenheim in flight. The British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company was used extensively in the first two years and in some cases throughout the Second World War. It was one of the first British aircraft with an all-metal stressed-skin construction, retractable landing gear, flaps, a powered gun turret and variable-pitch was faster than most fighters in the late 1930s but the development of monoplane fighters made it more vulnerable particularly if flown in daylight, though it proved successful as a night fighter.
A Bristol Blenheim in flight. The British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company was used extensively in the first two years and in some cases throughout the Second World War. It was one of the first British aircraft with an all-metal stressed-skin construction, retractable landing gear, flaps, a powered gun turret and variable-pitch propellers. The Mk I was faster than most fighters in the late 1930s but the advance in development of monoplane fighters made all bombers more vulnerable particularly if flown in daylight, though it proved successful as a night fighter. Other modifications included the addition of a bomb-aimer's position and a Browning machine gun in the nose
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Location: United Kingdom
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