beaufighter

34 photos tagged beaufighter, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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1943
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perma_002885 Permann Collection Image

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  • bartek milewski said:
    seems to be Beaufighter rather than Mosquito
  • Rick Nelms said:
    Thanks to the San Diego Air and Science Museum for releasing this image, which I have not seen before (not having looked on Flickr for the Beaufighter until today) and for correcting the identity of the plane in tags and heading.

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  • Stig Jarlevik said:
    No, again a Beaufighter, this time with Hercules engines. Something the Mosquito never used. Stig

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  • Stig Jarlevik said:
    No, again it is Beaufighter this time a Mk IF I think the serial number is R2186, but the last two digits are not possible to read clearly, so a bit of a guess! Stig
  • Rick Nelms said:
    I agree with Stig, it is a Bristol Beaufighter not a mosquito and I am a digital artist (living with Motor Neurone Disease which is why I use the computer to manipulate images as I can no longer hold a brush). I used my digital toolkit to enhance the numbers in the shadow under the horizontal tailplane (characteristic of the early marks of Beaufighter), and the number is definitely R2186.
  • Stig Jarlevik said:
    Thanks for the confirmation Rick! Sorry to hear about your illness, but glad that modern tech has made a good difference for you. 👍 I can now also add that the photo was taken at Filton 29 Nov 1940 probably the same day it rolled out from the factory. R2186 had an extremely short life span, delivered to 19 MU (Maintenance Unit) 1 Dec 1940 and sent to FIU (Fighter Interception Unit) 23 Dec 1940 and crashed at Ford 3 Jan 1941.