31. In 2015, volunteers restored a Bristol Beaufighter Mk1f which had crashed 75 years earlier. 32. These included Planned Flying and Maintenance and the introduction of a torpedo version of the Beaufighter . 33. The unit also trained Bristol Beaufighter crews for deployment to Far East and Middle East squadrons. 34. On the Beaufighter , the Mk. 35. Although it was much bigger than Japanese fighters, the Beaufighter had the speed to outrun them. 36. The Beaufighter was commonly operated as a night fighter, such as during the Battle of Britain. 37. Eight transports and four destroyers were sunk for the loss of five aircraft, including one Beaufighter . 38. The Beaufighter was also used by the air forces of Portugal, Turkey and the Dominican Republic. 39. More successful was the Bristol Beaufighter , which reused major portions of the earlier Beaufort torpedo bomber. 40. While on detachment in Egypt, he managed to'acquire'a Bristol Beaufighter heavy fighter.
