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The Boulton Paul Defiant

The Boulton Paul Defiant THE Defiant is a twoseater singleengined tractor, lowwing monoplane armed with 4 beltfed 303 in. Browning machine guns mounted in a dorsal poweroperated turret just over the trailing edge of the main plane. The prototype was first flown in 1938 and the machine first came into prominence in May, 1940, when it made a dramatic debut when a squadron equipped with it shot down 37 enemy machines in one day. Since then it has been used almost exclusively for night fighting, scoring a striking success on the night of May 89, 1940, when 8 enemy raiders were shot down from Defiants. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology Emerald Publishing

The Boulton Paul Defiant

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology , Volume 14 (4): 4 – Apr 1, 1942
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Emerald Publishing
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0002-2667
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THE Defiant is a twoseater singleengined tractor, lowwing monoplane armed with 4 beltfed 303 in. Browning machine guns mounted in a dorsal poweroperated turret just over the trailing edge of the main plane. The prototype was first flown in 1938 and the machine first came into prominence in May, 1940, when it made a dramatic debut when a squadron equipped with it shot down 37 enemy machines in one day. Since then it has been used almost exclusively for night fighting, scoring a striking success on the night of May 89, 1940, when 8 enemy raiders were shot down from Defiants.

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Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology – Emerald Publishing

Published: Apr 1, 1942

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