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The Airforce Aircraft Retired Beaufighter Mk X

Aircraft Stats:

Powerplant: 2 x 1,770 hp Hercules XVII radial 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: 1944 - 1945

Weapons:
None specified

Squadrons:
None specified

Attrition:
No incidents found

Beaufighter Mk X

Status: Retired

Manufacturer: Bristol

Country of Manufacture: United Kingdom

Role: Attack/Strike

Description:

Two/three seat anti-shipping attack fighter.

Both 16 and 19 Squadrons, SAAF, operated the Beaughfighter as part of the Balkan Air Force in Italy.

Britain offered South Africa a gift of 80 surplus Beaufighter Mk X aircraft in recognition of the role played by the SAAF during the the Second World War, but the aircraft were not accepted.

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