| 31. | In 2015, volunteers restored a Bristol Beaufighter Mk1f which had crashed 75 years earlier.
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| 32. | These included Planned Flying and Maintenance and the introduction of a torpedo version of the Beaufighter.
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| 33. | The unit also trained Bristol Beaufighter crews for deployment to Far East and Middle East squadrons.
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| 34. | On the Beaufighter, the Mk.
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| 35. | Although it was much bigger than Japanese fighters, the Beaufighter had the speed to outrun them.
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| 36. | The Beaufighter was commonly operated as a night fighter, such as during the Battle of Britain.
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| 37. | Eight transports and four destroyers were sunk for the loss of five aircraft, including one Beaufighter.
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| 38. | The Beaufighter was also used by the air forces of Portugal, Turkey and the Dominican Republic.
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| 39. | More successful was the Bristol Beaufighter, which reused major portions of the earlier Beaufort torpedo bomber.
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| 40. | While on detachment in Egypt, he managed to'acquire'a Bristol Beaufighter heavy fighter.
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