Bristol Beaufort 1/72 Scale Model

British Mk.II - This is a model of a land-based torpedo bomber that flew from England against German shipping in the English Channel and the North Sea in late 1941 or early 1942. The Beaufort was a redesign of the Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV medium bomber. The Beaufort was the primary British land-based torpedo bomber from 1940 to 1943, when it was replaced by its offspring, the Bristol Beaufighter. The Australians built their own Beauforts under a license and made much use of them against Japanese shipping in the South Pacific.

More Photos: Left, Right, Top, Front Angle Left, Front Angle Right, Rear Angle Left, Rear Angle Right

The Armed Rovers: Beauforts & Beaufighters over the Mediterranean, Roy Conyers Nesbit

Battle of the Bismarck Sea, Lex McAuley

Coastal Command at War, Chaz Bowyer

Concise Guide to British Aircraft of World War II, David Mondey

Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific, Eric Bergerud

A Forgotten Offensive: RAF Coastal Command's Anti-Shipping Campaign, 1940-1945, Christina Goulter

Malta: The Spitfire Year, 1942, Christopher Shores

The Naval War in the Mediterranean 1940-1943, Jack Greene

RAF Coastal Command in Action 1939-1945, Roy Conyers Nesbit

The Strike Wings: Special Anti-Shipping Squadrons, 1942-1945, Roy Conyers Nesbit

Torpedo Airmen: Missions with Bristol Beauforts, 1940-42, Roy Conyers Nesbit