"Bristol" Beaufighter. "Bristol" Type 156. "The Answer to The Night Raider". Two "Bristol" Hercules sleeve-valve, 1,600 engines. Originally designed as the world's most formidable night-fighter, was developed as a day fighter, bomber, torpedo carrier and long-range reconnaissance aircraft. 1940.

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