Details of one of Madras squadrons of Defiant fighters, which destroyed at least 60 German aircraft over Dunkirk; it is single engined tractor low wing monoplane, armed with four belt fed Browning machine guns of 0.303-in. caliber, mounted in power operated turret; span 39 ft 4 in.; length oa 35 ft 4 in.; height 11 ft 4 in.; max speed over 300 mph; power plant consists of Glycol cooled Rolls-Royce Merlin III engine, developing 1030 bhp at 3000 rpm. (see also Engineer v 173 n 4492 Feb 13 1942 p 144-6 and n 4493 Feb 20 p 156-8, 2 supp plates; Flight v 41 n 1729 Feb 12 1942 p 132-5; Aeroplane v 62 n 1063 Feb 13 1942 p 188-9; Aircraft Production v 4 n 41 Mar 1942 p 224-8; Aero Digest v 40 n 4 Apr 1942 p 144 and 145; Aircraft Eng v 14 n 158 Apr 1942 p 99-102; Automotive and Aviation Industries v 86 n 10 May 15 1942 p 18-9 and 70)
Boulton Paul "Defiant" fighter
Engineering
Engineering ; 153 , n 3972
1942
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Boulton Paul "Defiant" fighter
Engineering Index Backfile | 1942
Boulton Paul "Defiant" fighter
Engineering Index Backfile | 1942
Boulton Paul "Defiant" fighter
Engineering Index Backfile | 1942
Boulton Paul "Defiant" fighter
Engineering Index Backfile | 1942
Boulton Paul "Defiant" fighter
Engineering Index Backfile | 1942