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

30th August 1944 and was powered by four 1,680-hp Bristol Hercules XVIII engines. An order for 40 Seafords was placed with four 1,720-hp Bristol Hercules XIX engines powering the aircraft. Top speed

Tornado did fly on the 23rd October 1941 with a 2,210-hp Bristol Centaurus IV engine, but by summer 1944, all four aircraft were scrapped. In total only three prototypes and one production Tornado were

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

The Blackburn Roc Mk I was powered by a 890-hp Bristol Pegasus XII engine giving the aircraft a top speed of 223 mph, range of 810 miles with a service ceiling of 18,000 ft. Armament was four 0.303-in

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

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

29 Hawker Hurricane 18 Supermarine Spitfire 6 Bristol Blenheim 2 Boulton Paul Defiant 1 Gloster Gladiator With a further two squadrons on loan from the Fleet Air Arm: No. 804 Naval Air Squadron

with 1941 seeing a proposal for a Bristol Hercules powered Hawker Hurricane. Neither of these would progress further than the drawing board. A Rolls-Royce Griffon powered Hurricane was also considered

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