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Beaufighter Mk.21 The Australian-made DAP Beaufighter. Changes included Hercules XVII engines, four 20 mm cannon in the nose, four Browning .50 in (12.7 mm) in the wings and the capacity to carry eight 5 in (130 mm) High Velocity Aircraft Rockets, two 250 lb (110 kg) bombs, two 500 lb (230 kg) bombs and one Mark 13 torpedo.
5"/38 MK 30, a variant of the 5-inch/38-caliber gun; Beaufighter Mark 21, a variant of the Bristol Beaufighter; Mk 21 (type 356), a variant of the Supermarine Spitfire (Griffon-powered variants) Freighter Mk 21, a variant of the Bristol Freighter; Mk 21 Mod 0, a 7.62×51mm variant of the M1919 Browning machine gun; Mk. 21 aircraft interception ...
The other major aircraft manufacturer, de Havilland Australia, had up to that time mainly assembled aircraft manufactured by its parent company imported into Australia as parts, commencing the delivery of 20 Tiger Moths, built from imported fuselages and locally manufactured wings, to the RAAF in May 1939. Total production in Australia to mid ...
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CA-17 Mustang Mk 20 CA-18 Mustang Mk 21 CA-18 Mustang PR Mk 22 CA-18 Mustang Mk 23: United States Australia: Single-seat long-range fighter aircraft: 1944–1960: 499 plus aircraft. RAF aircraft were operated by No. 3 Squadron RAAF and No. 450 Squadron RAAF between 1944 and 1945. RAF variants were the Mustang Mk III, Mk IV and Mk IVA.
No. 455 Squadron was formed on 23 May 1941 as an Article XV squadron and officially raised at Williamtown, New South Wales.Established under the Empire Air Training Scheme, the squadron was formed for service in Europe with the Royal Air Force and although nominally an Australian squadron, its personnel were drawn from a number of Commonwealth countries including Britain, Canada, New Zealand ...
Search and Destroy: The Role of the Beaufighters Against the Japanese Forces Set to Invade Australia, and the Young Men Who Held the Japanese at Bay. Benowa, Queensland: William Mann. ISBN 0-646-41305-8. OCLC 53221576. RAAF Historical Section (1995). Units of the Royal Australian Air Force: A Concise History. Canberra, Australian Capital ...
A distinguishing feature of Australian Beauforts was a larger fin, which was used from the Mk VI on. Armament varied from British aircraft: British or American torpedoes were able to be carried and the final 140 Mk VIII were fitted with a locally manufactured Mk VE turret with .50 cal machine guns.