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The Boulton Paul Defiant is a British interceptor aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II.The Defiant was designed and built by Boulton Paul Aircraft as a "turret fighter" to meet the RAF requirement for day and night fighters that could concentrate their firepower on enemy bombers which were not expected to have fighter escorts due to the distance from Germany ...
Polish Air Forces on exile in Great Britain. No. 307 Polish Night Fighter Squadron "Lwowskich Puchaczy" used the Defiant between September 1940 and August 1941, [6] using the squadron code letters 'EW'. 307 was a new nightfighter Defiant squadron formed but did not become operational until December defending western Britain.
In addition to fitting turrets to bombers, Boulton Paul was to install them in fighters. The Boulton Paul Defiant was a "turret fighter", an aircraft type developed for Britain's air defence against enemy bombers. During this period Boulton & Paul continued to operate outside the aircraft industry as well.
On 8 December 1939 it was re-formed at RAF Station Martlesham Heath to bring the Boulton Paul Defiant fighter into service. Operations began in March 1940 when the squadron started convoy patrols. Operations began in March 1940 when the squadron started convoy patrols.
A Boulton Paul Defiant turret fighter of No. 264 Squadron, July 1940. From mid-May, No. 264 Squadron began flying sorties from Manston to France, patrolling between Dunkirk and Boulogne. [3] In the morning of 27 May Young and Johnson shared in the shooting down of a Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter over Dunkirk.
The squadron was formed from Defiant Flight, also known as Special Duties Flight – an electronic countermeasuress unit equipped with the Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.II – at RAF Northolt on 1 October 1942, [5] It moved to RAF Heston later that month.
A Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I. similar to that used by No. 255 Squadron. The squadron re-formed on 23 November 1940 at RAF Kirton in Lindsey. It became operational as a night fighter unit on 5 January 1941, assigned to No.12 Group, but due to snow no flying took place until 8 January 1941. [12]
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