began to replace their Bristol Blenheim Mk IVs with the type. Their first sortie with the type saw four raid Cologne, Germany on the 31st May 1942 with all returning back to base. Four months later

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

would be part of a force of fighters escorting six Bristol Blenheims of No. 114 Squadron when they attacked an ammunition dump at Foret de Guines, France. The Spitfire Mk III was the next in the lineage

while thewhilst 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 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

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

AIRCRAFT DATABASE Bristol Beaufighter Entering service with the Royal Air Force in July 1940, the Beaufighter would serve in a number of roles and form the North Coates Strike Wing. Messerschmitt

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

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

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