A NEW FIGHTER.
FORMIDABLE LONGRANGE CRAFT DAY AND NIGHT OPERATIONS (Roe. 1.20 p.m) LONDON, Aug. 4. ■Details of the performance and structure of the Bristol Beau fighter, one of Britain’s latest and most formidable long-range day and night fighters, has been released. Besides the achievement of considerable success as night-fighters during the early part of this year it was a squadron of Beau fighters which, among other successful operations carried out the attack on aerodromes in Sicily on June 28 when between 30 and 40 enemy aircraft were destroyed on the ground and many others damaged. The Bristol Beau fighter is an all-metal mid-wing monoplane, fitted with two- Bristol Hercules engines. It has accommodation for a crew of two. Its nominal top speed is over 330 miles an hour at 14,000 feet and a nominal range of 1500 miles. It is armed with four cannon in the fuseage and,six machine-guns in the wings. Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 251, 5 August 1941, Page 6
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155A NEW FIGHTER. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 251, 5 August 1941, Page 6
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