Boulton Paul Defiant Royal Air Force
multi-use aircraft. Boulton Paul Defiant became obsolete early in world
war two, this aviation art print by Kinnear superbly show this aircraft.
Aviation art print available from Cranston Fine Arts, the aviation art
print company.
BOULTON PAUL DEFIANT
Built
as a fighter, with a crew of two.
Maximum
speed of 304 mph, and a ceiling of 30,350 feet. armament on the
defiant was four .303 browing machine guns in the Boulton Paul Turret.
Designed
as a intercepter fighter, the Defiant first flew in August 1937. and
entered service with the Royal Air Force in October 1939 with no 264
squadron. and first flew in operations in march 1940 the Boulton
Paul Defiant was certainly no match for the German Fighters, due to their
lack of fire power as the defiant had no wing mounted machine guns. Heavy
losses. The aircraft was re deployed as a night -Fighter in the autumn of
1940. This role also being taken over by Bristol Beaufighters in
1941, leaving the defiant for training, target tug, and air-sea rescue
roles. A Total of 1075 Boulton Paul Defiant's were built
Boulton Paul Defiants by Barry Price
RAF Defiants of Squadron 264 in 1940/41.
