Bristol Beaufighter
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The Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter is a British multi-role aircraft developed during the Second World War by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. It was originally conceived as a heavy fighter variant of the
An RAAF Bristol Beaufighter Mk.IC in 1944
Bristol Beauforts in flight
Cockpit of a Beaufighter Mk.IF
Ground crew loading ammunition for the cannon of an RAF Beaufighter Mk.VI night fighter
Bristol Hercules
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The Bristol Hercules is a 14-cylinder two-row radial aircraft engine designed by Sir Roy Fedden and produced by the Bristol Engine Company starting in 1939. It was the most numerous of their single sl
Bristol Beaufighter
…performance. To achieve the fighter-like performance desired for the Beaufighter, Bristol suggested that they equip the aircraft with a pair of its new Hercules engines, capable of around 1,500 hp, in place of the 1,000 hp Bristol Taurus engines on the Beaufort. The Hercules was a considerably larger and more…
Cutaway Bristol Hercules engine at the National Museum of Flight, East Fortune, Scotland
Hercules fitted to a Vickers Varsity on display at the Newark Air Museum
Bristol Hercules in Aviation Museum Kbely, Prague
Bristol Hercules engine. Note the absence of pushrods on the cylinders. Each cylinder has two exhaust ports on the front (short L-shaped tubes) and three intake ports on the back supplied through a single manifold.