Boulton Paul Defiant
- Luboš Pavel
- Příspěvky: 1894
- Registrován: 13 dub 2012, 09:37
Boulton Paul Defiant
Něco, co jsem objevil na disku při úklidu. Hodně pochází z IWM.
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- An air-gunner of No. 264 Squadron RAF about to enter the gun-turret of his Boulton Paul Defiant Mark I at at Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire. He is wearing the GQ Parasuit, supplied exclusively to Defiant gunners, which incorporates a parachute harness and life-saving jacket within a smock overall. Four .303 Browning machine-guns are mounted in the Boulton Paul power-operated turret.
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- Defiant Mk.II, AA370, equipped with A.I. Mark.VI radar, on the ground at the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, for handling tests. Following these, AA370 was returned to the manufacturers, where it was converted to target-tug configuration, serving subsequently with No. 22 Anti-Aircraft Cooperation Unit.
I'm your curse!
- Luboš Pavel
- Příspěvky: 1894
- Registrován: 13 dub 2012, 09:37
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- Flight Sergeant E R Thorn (pilot, left) and Sergeant F J Barker (air gunner) of No 264 Squadron RAF and their Teddy Bear mascot, presented to them by their ground crew, posing with their Boulton-Paul Defiant Mark I at Biggin Hill, Kent, after destroying their first Heinkel He 111, bringing their total of enemy aircraft destroyed to thirteen. These two sergeants became the most successful Defiant partnership of the war.
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- Boulton Paul Defiant Mark I night fighter, N1801 'PS-B' "Coimbatore II", of No. 264 Squadron RAF, undergoing a routine service in a dispersal, probably at Colerne, Wiltshire. This aircraft was flown by the effective night-fighting team of Flying Officer F D Hughes (pilot) and Sergeant F Gash (gunner), and displays a victory tally of 5 enemy aircraft shot down. In 1942 Hughes converted to the Bristol Beaufighter and, flying with Nos. 125 and 600 Squadrons RAF, further increased his score. By the end of the war, he commanded No 604 Squadron RAF and had destroyed 18.5 enemy aircraft.
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- Protection for convoys is one of the jobs of the Fleet Air Arm planes of the Royal Air Naval Station, Sierra Leone. Here a Boulton Paul Defiant from the station sweeps over a big convoy which is just leaving Freetown Harbour. The aircraft took off from from HMS SPURWING, Royal Naval Air Station in Sierra Leone, once a stretch of untouchable bush. Part of the wings and struts of the biplane from which the photograph was taken are in the foreground.
I'm your curse!
- Luboš Pavel
- Příspěvky: 1894
- Registrován: 13 dub 2012, 09:37
- Luboš Pavel
- Příspěvky: 1894
- Registrován: 13 dub 2012, 09:37
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- The Tropicalised Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk 1 AA591, is seen at Tezgoan, India, on June 14, 1944. Converted to a target tug from a Mk II in 1943, it was struck off charge in June 1945 and then went to the Indian Air Force. The slipstream-driven winch propeller is visible behind the rearmost transparency, swivelled into neutral position. The drogue targets were housed in the fairing forward of the tailwheel. slight correction to the original caption. the photo shows it already in service of the IAF. No.22 AACU was always IAF.
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- A week on Monday, 10th August, I will be at the Blackpool Airshow with Chattie on display, for my 'RAF Squires Gate' visit - now no longer a serving station, but my father was posted here from November 1941 to June 1942, when the Squadron moved to Woodvale. I will be at Woodvale on Saturday 8th. My father's photograph shows a Defiant of 256 Squadron. I'm not sure who the pilot is who's staring at the camera, but think it may be Sgt Ray Jeffs, a New Zealander.
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- "As we know, the Defiant also had a worthy second career as an effective night fighter during the 1940 London Blitz but largely forgotten is that one squadron - 515 Squadron - of Defiants was among the world's first effective electronic countermeasures units, carrying radar-jamming and spoofing equipment in support of RAF cross-Channel raids in 1942-43..
Two types of electronic countermeasures equipment were carried by the Defiant, both countering the German Freya early warning radar. The first system to be deployed was ""Moonshine"", which re-transmitted the radar's signals to simulate large formations of aircraft. As each ""Moonshine"" transmitter only covered part of the Freya's frequency, a formation of eight Defiants was needed, giving the appearance of over 100 aircraft. As the system required formation flying, it could only be used in daylight, where it could draw German fighters onto British fighters leaving another area relatively free for a British bombing raid.
A ""Special Duties Flight"" was set up in May 1942 to use the new countermeasures equipment, with ""Moonshine"" being used for its first live test on 6 August 1942. Subsequently it was used operationally as part of ""Circuses"" against coastal targets and on 19 August in support of the Dieppe Raid. The Flight became No. 515 Squadron RAF on 1 October 1942, operations with ""Moonshine"" continuing until November 1942."
I'm your curse!
- Luboš Pavel
- Příspěvky: 1894
- Registrován: 13 dub 2012, 09:37
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- "No. 307 (City of Lwów) Polish Night Fighter Squadron (Polish: 307 Dywizjon Myśliwski Nocny ""Lwowskich Puchaczy"" ) was a Polish night fighter squadron[1] formed in Great Britain on 24 August 1940 following an agreement between the Polish Government in Exile and the United Kingdom. It was the only Polish night fighter squadron fighting alongside the Royal Air Force during World War II. 307 Squadron is named after the Polish city of Lwów, and nicknamed ""Eagle Owls"".
The nickname ""Eagle Owls"" comes from fighters who defended Lwów (now Lviv; German: Lemberg) in Galicia, Poland from invading Ukrainian forces in the Polish-Ukrainian War of 1918–1919, who were referred to as the Lwów Eaglets (Polish: Orlęta Lwowskie). The nickname is also appropriate to a night fighter squadron, as the eagle owl is a predator that flies at night.
After its formal formation in Blackpool on 24 August 1940 No. 307 squadron was assembled at RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey on 5 September 1940 as a night fighter unit, flying the Boulton Paul Defiant turret-fighter and took up residence at RAF Jurby, Isle of Man. An example of the Boulton Paul Defiant, with serial number N1671, EW-D, the sole complete surviving Defiant is to be seen on display at the RAF Museum at RAF Hendon. In August 1941 the squadron converted to Beaufighters which it flew until being re-equipped with Mosquitoes in late 1942. From 1943 the squadron was based at RAF Predannack, Cornwall, and was active as a night intruder unit over airfields in occupied France. This changed in January 1945, when its role was switched to bomber support, combating German night fighters."
I'm your curse!
- Luboš Pavel
- Příspěvky: 1894
- Registrován: 13 dub 2012, 09:37
- Luboš Pavel
- Příspěvky: 1894
- Registrován: 13 dub 2012, 09:37
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- "256 Squadron members at Squires Gate in Spring 1941
On 23 November 1940, No.256 reformed at Catterick as a night fighter squadron with Defiants and became operational over south-west England early in February 1941. In March it moved north to defend Merseyside and in July aquired some Hurricanes. Beaufighters began to arrive in May 1942, and were flown until the squadron was transferred to southern England in April 1943 and converted to Mosquitoes. In July 1943, a detachment was sent to Malta to help cover the Allied landings in Sicily and in October the wholw squadron moved there. In April 1944 it moved to Algeria whre it absorbed the Spitfires of the Gibraltar Defence Flight on 6 May and in August moved to Sardinia, followed a month later by a move to Italy. Intruder Flights over the Balkans began and continued until the end of the war. In September 1945, No.256 moved to Egypt and in addition to its night fighter role also operated a flight of meteorlogical Mosquitoes from April 1946. After moving to Cyprus in July 1946 the squadron disbanded on 12 September 1946." - 126.jpg (14.01 KiB) Zobrazeno 5408 x
- "256 Squadron members at Squires Gate in Spring 1941
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- Again, early 1942, 256 Squadron, Squires Gate, taken by Bryan Wild. I can't absolutely make out whether there's anyone in the turret, but if there is, it would be Ack Greenwood, I think, as Dad has pasted this photo into his log book together with the earlier one I posted and another taken at the same time.
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- Luboš Pavel
- Příspěvky: 1894
- Registrován: 13 dub 2012, 09:37
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- Luboš Pavel
- Příspěvky: 1894
- Registrován: 13 dub 2012, 09:37