Bristol Beaufighter
Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter, ali samo Beau, je bil britanski dvomotorni težki lovec/bombnik iz 2. svetovne vojne. Razvit je bil na podlagi torpednega bombnika Beaufort. "Beaufighter" je okrajšava za "Beaufort" in "fighter" (lovec). Beaufighter se je uporabljal na skoraj vseh frontah 2. svetovne vojne. Skupaj so zgradili skoraj 6000 letal. V Avstraliji so zgradili verzijo znano kot DAP Beaufighter.
Type 156 Beaufighter | |
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Beaufighter Mk X z raketami | |
Vloga | Lovski bombnik |
Proizvajalec/-ci | Bristol Aeroplane Company |
Krstni polet | 17. julij 1939 |
Uveden | 27. julij 1940 |
Upokojen | 1960 (Avstralija) |
Glavni uporabniki | RAF Kraljeve kanadske letalske sile |
Izdelovan | May 1940–1946 |
Število izdelanih | 5928 |
Razvit iz | Bristol Beaufort |
S hitrostjo 540 km/h na višini 5000 metrov je bil sorazmerno počasen za lovca. Leta 1942 se je pojavil hitrejši de Havilland Mosquito, ki je prevzel vlogo nočnega lovca. Beaufighter je bil kljub temu uspešen pri napadih na kopenske cilje in ladje.
Specifikacije (Beaufighter TF X)
urediPodatki iz Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II
Splošne karakteristike
- Posadka: 2: pilot in opazovalec
- Dolžina: 41 ft 4 in (12,6 m)
- Razpon kril: 57 ft 10 in (17,65 m)
- Višina: 15 ft 10 in (4,84 m)
- Površina kril: 503 ft² (46,73 m²)
- Teža praznega letala: 15592 lb (7072 kg)
- Maks. vzletna teža: 25400 lb (11521 kg)
- Pogon letala: 2 × 14-valjni radialni motor Bristol Hercules, 1600 KM (1200 kW) vsak
Zmogljivost
- Maks. hitrost: 320 mph (280 vozlov, 515 km/h) na 10000 ft (3050 m)
- Doseg: 1750 mi (1520 nmi, 2816 km)
- Višina leta: 19000 ft (5795 m)
- Hitrost vzpenjanja: 1600 ft/min (8,2 m/s) brez torpeda
Oborožitev
Lovska različica
- 4 × .303 in (7.7 mm) M1919 Browning strojnica (desno krilo)
- 2 × .303 in (7.7 mm) strojnica (levo krilo)
- 8 × RP-3 "60 lb" (27 kg) rakete ali 2× 1000 lb (450 kg) bomb
Torpedna različica
- 1 × Vickers GO strojnica ali .303 in (7.7 mm) Browning strojnica
- 1 × 18 in (450 mm) torpedo
Glej tudi
urediSklici
uredi- ↑ »70-letnica bombardiranj Žužemberka« (PDF). Suhokranjske poti. Zv. 26. Občina Žužemberk. str. 12/29. Pridobljeno 15. avgusta 2016.
Bibliografija
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- Spencer, Dennis A. Looking Backwards Over Burma: Wartime Recollections of a RAF Beaufighter Navigator. Bognor Regis, West Sussex, UK: Woodfield Publishing Ltd., 2009. ISBN 1-84683-073-7.
- Thetford,Owen. Aircraft of the Royal Air Force since 1918. Putnam & Company, 1976. ISBN 978-0-37010-056-2.
- Thomas, Andrew. Beaufighter Aces of World War 2. Botley, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2005. ISBN 1-84176-846-4.
- Wilson, Stewart. Beaufort, Beaufighter and Mosquito in Australian Service. Weston, ACT, Australia: Aerospace Publications, 1990. ISBN 0-9587978-4-6.
- White, Graham (2006). The Long Road to the Sky: Night Fighter Over Germany. Casemate Publishers. ISBN 978-1-84415-471-5.
Zunanje povezave
uredi- Manual: (1941) Pilot's Notes - Beaufighter II Aeroplane with Two Merlin XX Engines
- Manual: (1944) Air Publication 1721F, H & J Pilot's Notes for Beaufighter Mark VI - Two Hercules VI Engines, Marks TFX & XI - Two Hercules XVII Engines
- Austin & Longbridge Aircraft Production
- A picture of a Merlin-engined Beaufighter II Arhivirano 2018-01-04 na Wayback Machine.
- Bristol Beaufighter further information and pictures Arhivirano 2007-05-17 na Wayback Machine.
- Beaufighter Squadrons
- "Torpedo Beaufighter" a 1943 Flight article
- "Whispering Death" a 1945 Flight article on Beaufighters in Burma