The Bristol Blenheim was a British light bomber designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, and used extensively in the first two years of the Second World War. The Type 142 first flew in April 1935, and the Air Ministry, ordered a modified design as the Type 142M which became the Blenheim for the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a was converted into a heavy fighter by the addition of a gun pack with four Browning .303 in ( mm) machine guns mounted under the fuselage. The later Blenheim was used as a maritime patrol aircraft

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