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

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

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

Squadron stationed at RAF Swanton Morley had their Bristol Blenheim Mk IVs replaced. They would spend the next few months familiarising themselves with the aircraft and working out tactics. Their first

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

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

the United States as at that time they were using Bristol Beaufighters, lent to them by the Royal Air Force, for night fighting duties. Early production versions were fitted with a top turret but after

On this day the Bristol Beaufort she was on was returning from a sortie over Norway where it had been subject to flack and damaged. Whilst trying to return to their home base the plane was to badly damaged

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

end by 1939 when a number of squadrons received the Bristol Blenheim Mk IF as replacements, although a few Demons would serve as target tugs. The Royal Australian Air Force took delivery of 64 aircraft