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

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

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

the Bristol Bulldog, which had entered service the previous year in May 1929. Powered by the 525-hp Rolls-Royce Kestrel IIS engine on the 25th March 1931, flying from Brooklands and piloted by Hawker

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

The Albacore Mk I was powered by the 1,130-hp Bristol Taurus XII engine, its top speed was 161 mph, range 930 miles, with a service ceiling of 20,700 ft. Armament was either two or three 0.303-in machine-

Whilst the prototype aircraft was powered by two Bristol Pegasus IIIM engines the production Stranraers would have their power supplied by a pair of 920-hp Pegasus X engines and seventeen examples would

while the Bristol Blenheim and Fairey Battle were in development, Specification G.7/34 was issued by the Air Ministry. The design submitted by Hawker was based on the Hart and was known as the Hind.

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