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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.
A total of 700 Beauforts had been built (a figure exceeded only by those for the Wirraway and Tiger Moth among Australian-built aircraft) when production ended in August 1944; by which time the main manufacturing effort had already turned to licence production of the Bristol Beaufighter.
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.
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.
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 ...
It was founded in 1962 as the Australian Aircraft Restoration Group, in an attempt to maintain a World War II-era Bristol Beaufighter aircraft. It has since become a museum, with a large aircraft collection. It was known as the Australian National Aviation Museum up until October 2021. As of 2021 it held nearly 60 aircraft and 25 engines.
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