The Hampden Mk I was powered by a pair of 1,000-hp Bristol Pegasus XVIII engines which gave the aircraft a top speed of 254 mph, range of 1,885 miles with a service ceiling of 19,000 ft. Armament was

powered by four 950-hp Bristol Pegasus X engines, and featured a British flying boat first of power operated turrets being fitted. A large aircraft which had two levels and a crew of, normally, between

two Tempest Mk IIs, powered by the 2,520-hp Bristol Centaurs IV engine. The Tempest Mk III was powered by the Rolls-Royce Griffon IIB with the Tempest Mk IV installed with a Rolls-Royce Griffon 61 engine,

3 piloted by Oberleutnant Armin Faber mistook the Bristol Channel for the English Channel and ended up landing at RAF Pembrey, and an intact example was in the RAF's hands. This was then sent to the Royal

19 Supermarine Spitfire, 6 Bristol Blenheim and 2 Boulton Paul Defiant squadrons. It could also call on Nos. 804 and 808 Naval Air Squadrons, the former equipped with Gloster Sea Gladiators and the latter

A number of aircraft manufacturers Airspeed, Bristol, General Aircraft and Hawker all considered the proposal but no submissions were made. Supermarine showed no interest and it looked like the project

to be equipped with the type when it replaced their Bristol Blenheim Mk IVs. They performed their first sortie with the type on the 28th October 1942. The B-26B followed and with 1,883 built would be

Albacore Mk I would originally be powered by the 1,060-hp Bristol Taurus II engine before being replaced by the 1,130-hp Taurus XII engine. This gave the aircraft a top speed of 161 mph, range of 930

On this day the Bristol Beaufort she was on was returning from a sortie over Norway where it had been subject to flak. While trying to return to their home base, the aircraft, badly damaged, ditched into

29 Hawker Hurricane 19 Supermarine Spitfire 6 Bristol Blenheim 2 Boulton Paul Defiant With a further two squadrons on loan from the Fleet Air Arm: No. 804 Naval Air Squadron – Gloster Sea Gladiator