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Royal Marines Base Chivenor - History - 1942—1945
... No 1417 Flight Wellington Training Unit July 1942 to September 235 ... Squadron Beaufighters 236 Squadron Beaufighters 248 Squadron Beaufighters September 1943 to the end of the war 172 ... In July 1942 three squadrons of Beaufighter were located at Chivenor to offer long range protection in the Bay of Biscay ...
No. 42 Squadron RAF - History - Post-war - Beaufighters
... Equipped with Bristol Beaufighter, it was a strike unit in RAF Coastal Command until disbanded on 15 October 1947 ...
Black Friday (1945)
... On 9 February 1945 a force of Allied Bristol Beaufighter aircraft suffered heavy casualties during an unsuccessful attack on German destroyer Z33 and escorting vessels the operation was ... The Beaufighters and their escort of North American P-51 Mustang fighters were also surprised by twelve German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighters of the Luftwaffe fighter wing Jagdgeschwader 5 ... resulting attack the Allies damaged at least two of the German ships for the loss of seven Beaufighters shot down by flak guns ...
Bristol Beaufighter - Operational Service - Pacific War - Southwest Pacific
... Before DAP Beaufighters arrived at Royal Australian Air Force units in the South West Pacific theatre, the Bristol Beaufighter Mk IC was employed in anti-shipping missions. 30 Squadron RAAF Beaufighters flew in at mast height to provide heavy suppressive fire for the waves of attacking bombers ... tactical error of turning their ships towards the Beaufighters, leaving them exposed to skip bombing attacks by the US medium bombers ...