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The Boulton Paul Defiant is a British interceptor aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II.The Defiant was designed and built by Boulton Paul Aircraft as a "turret fighter" to meet the RAF requirement for day and night fighters that could concentrate their firepower on enemy bombers which were not expected to have fighter escorts due to the distance from Germany ...
The surviving complete example of the type is a Defiant I, N1671, on display as a night fighter at the Royal Air Force Museum. [27] The Boulton Paul Defiant "turret fighter" was originally conceived under the F.9/35 specification for a "two-seat day and night fighter" to defend Great Britain against massed formations of unescorted enemy bombers ...
Boulton Paul also built the Fairey Barracuda and did conversions of the Vickers Wellington. The only post-war design was the Balliol advanced trainer, of which 229 were built, including 30 as the Sea Balliol deck-landing trainer. In the jet age, Boulton Paul worked on the English Electric Canberra and de Havilland Vampire.
A Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I. similar to that used by No. 255 Squadron. The squadron re-formed on 23 November 1940 at RAF Kirton in Lindsey. It became operational as a night fighter unit on 5 January 1941, assigned to No.12 Group, but due to snow no flying took place until 8 January 1941. [12]
Boulton Paul Defiants and Supermarine Spitfires were then supplied for spotting downed aircrew in the English Channel. The Vickers Warwick which could drop lifeboats was operated from November 1944 and the squadron was able to increase its area of operations with a detachment based at RAF Portreath. The squadron was disbanded On 15 February 1945.
The squadron reformed at RAF Catterick as night-fighter unit, in November 1940, flying the Boulton Paul Defiant. [9] It moved to RAF Pembrey in January 1941, [ 10 ] but didn't stay long and the squadron moved to RAF Colerne in February 1941, and then a month later moving to RAF Squires Gate . [ 11 ]
Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk III target tug, number N1697; RAF Desford, May 1944.Note the wind-driven generator that provided power for the target winch. Prior to and during World War II target tugs were typically operated by the air arms on behalf of which they flew, and were usually conversions of aircraft that had failed in combat or that were otherwise unsuitable or obsolete in their design ...
No. 456 Squadron RAAF was formed on 30 June 1941 at RAF Valley, Isle of Anglesey, Wales, in the United Kingdom under Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme as a night-fighter squadron, equipped with Defiant turret-fighters. [11] The squadron was soon re-equipped with Beaufighters and scored its first kill in January 1942.