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Bristol Type 152 Beaufort
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An RAF Coastal Command torpedo bomber used for
mine laying and reconnassaince, the Beaufort had four .303 caliber
machine guns and carried either a torpedo or 1,500 pounds of bombs
at a top speed of 265 mph.
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The Beaufort was designed in 1937 to combine the
requirements of the British Air Ministry for a general reconnaissance
bomber and a land-based torpedo bomber. It served in the RCAF in
149(TB) Squadron in Western Air Command in North America and 415
Squdron in Coastal Command overseas as torpedo bombers.
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