Flat Wing Area
46.7302 m²
Cruise Speed
410.3827 km/h
Entry Into service
1939-01-01
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- Name
- Bristol Beaufort
- Manufacturer
- Bristol Aeroplane Company
- Description
- The Bristol Beaufort (manufacturer designation Type 152) is a British twin-engined torpedo bomber designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, and developed from experience gained designing and building the earlier Blenheim light bomber.
- First Flight
- 1938-10-15
- Entry Into service
- 1939-01-01
- Service End
- 1944-01-01
- Designer
- Bristol Aeroplane Company
- Length (m)
- 13.4112
- Height (m)
- 4.2672
- Cockpit Crew
- 4
- Max Speed (km/h)
- 436.9369
- Cruise Speed (km/h)
- 410.3827
- Max Ceiling (m)
- 5029.2
- Rate of Climb (m/s)
- 5.842
- Armament
- 3 × .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers GO machine guns (two in Bristol Mk IV dorsal turret, one in port wing) or; 6 × .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers GO machine guns (Two fixed in nose, two in turret, one in port wing and one firing laterally from entry hatch.) Late production.; 1 × .303 in (7.7 mm) Browning machine gun in rear-firing chin blister; 1 × 1605 lb 18 in Mk XII torpedo or.; 1 × 2000 lb bomb or a torpe…
- National Origin
- United Kingdom
- Number Built
- 1121
- Powerplant Description
- 2 × Bristol Taurus II 14-cylinder air-cooled sleeve-valve radial piston engine, 843 kW (1130 hp) each
- Primary Users
- Royal Australian Air Force, RAF Coastal Command, Fleet Air Arm
- Wikipedia Article (URL)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort
- Flat Wing Span (m)
- 17.3736
- Flat Wing Area (m²)
- 46.7302
- Number of Engines
- 2