Airfix A05128A 1/48 Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I

Boulton Paul Defiant

World War Two
Royal Air Force (RAF)
2-seat fighter, night fighter
effective at destroying unescorted bombers by beam or ventral attacks.
lacked forward-firing armament, was a great weakness as day fighters. However, find success when it was converted to a night fighter.
In mid-1942, it was replaced by better performing night-fighters, Bristol Beaufighter and de Havilland Mosquito.
nickname "Daffy"
Defiant Mk I - Two-seat turret fighter, with 1,030 hp Rolls-Royce Merlin III piston engine. 723 built.
Defiant NF Mk I - Defiant Mk I converted into night fighters
Defiant NF Mk IA - NF Mk I with Airborne Interception radar.
Defiant Mk II - Two-seat night fighter, with a 1,280 hp Rolls-Royce Merlin XX piston engine, and fitted with AI Mk IV airborne interception radar. 210 built.