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THE AIRFORCE - AIRCRAFT - BEAUFIGHTER MK II

The Airforce Aircraft Retired Beaufighter Mk II

Aircraft Stats:

Powerplant: 2 x 1,280hp Rolls-Royce Merlin XX piston engines

Speed: 488 kph, 303mph mph

Range: 2 365km, 1,470miles

Seats: 2+1

Length: 12.60m, 41ft 4in

Span: 17.63m, 10ft 10in

Empty Weight: 7 082kg, 15,600lb

Max T/O Weight: 11 440kg, 25,200lb

Period of Service: 1943 - 1944

Weapons:
None specified

Squadrons:
None specified

Attrition:
No incidents found

Beaufighter Mk II

Status: Retired

Manufacturer: Bristol

Country of Manufacture: United Kingdom

Role: Attack/Strike

Description:
There is no description for this aircraft.

Images:

Aircrews of 16 Squadron SAAF and 227 Squadron RAF sitting in a dispersal at Biferno, Italy, prior to taking off to attack a German headquarters building in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia.

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