Warplanes of the USA: Ohio, Dayton, National Museum of the USAF: Bristol Beaufighter

Warplane Survivors USA: Ohio, Dayton, National Museum of the USAF: Bristol Beaufighter

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Bristol Beaufighter "Fluff" in service with the USAAF, 414th Night Fighter Squadron, at Grottaglie Airfield, Italy, Nov 1943.

(USAAF Photo)

Bristol Beaufighter "Honeychile" in service with the USAAF, 414th Night Fighter Squadron, at Grottaglie Airfield, Italy, Nov 1943.

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(Dsdugan Photos)

(Goshimini Photo)

Bristol 156 Beaufighter Mk. 1C (Serial No. A19-43), with parts from (Serial No. KV912).  The NMUSAF's aircraft was built under license by the Fairey Aviation Co. in Stockport, England, and delivered to the Royal Australian Air Force in 1942.  Although flown in combat in the south-west Pacific by 31 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, A19-43 is painted as (Serial No. T5049), "Night Mare", a USAAF Beaufighter flown by Capt. Harold Augspurger, commander of the 415th Night Fighter Squadron, who shot down a Heinkel He 111 carrying German staff officers in September 1944.  The Beaufighter was recovered from a dump at Nhill, Australia, in 1971, where it had been abandoned in 1947.  It was acquired by the USAF Museum in 1988.  A19-43 has been on public display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio since October 2006.

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