The Bristol Beaufighter was a heavy fighter derived from the Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber. The Mk IC was specifically designed for RAF Coastal Command to provide a long range fighter and strike aircraft.
Bristol Beaufighter Mark IC, T4916 ‘LA-T’, of No.235 Squadron RAFAustralian Bristol Beaufighter Mk IC A19-15 of No. 30 Squadron RAAF 1943Bristol Beaufighter Mk IC, T3314 of No. 272 Squadron RAF, running up its engines at Idku, EgyptBristol Beaufighters of No 272 Squadron RAF in flight over Malta Mk VIC X8079 K behind Mk IC T5043 V 1943Bristol Beaufighter Mk IC, T5137 ‘F’, of No. 252 Squadron RAF, taxies across the airfield at Idku, EgyptBristol Beaufighter Mk IC, T5043 of No. 272 Squadron RAF in flight over MaltaBristol Beaufighter Mk IC, T4800 ‘ND-C’, of No. 236 Squadron RAF, on the ground at Wattisham, Suffolk. On 12 June 1942Bristol Beaufighter Mk IC, T3316, of No. 272 Squadron RAF, on the ground at Idku, EgyptBristol Beaufighter Mk ICs of No 248 Squadron at St Eval, October 1941. The aircraft in the foreground is T4776 WR-FBristol Beaufighter Mk IC T5040 of No. 252 Squadron RAF, Edcu March 1943No. 252 Squadron Bristol Beaufighter Mark IC T4982 prepared for gun alignment on the firing range at Idku in EgyptBBristol eaufighter Mk IC T5040 of No. 252 Squadron RAF, Edcu March 1943Bristol Beaufighter Mk IC