BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER M k.X 55
Beaufighter TF.X (mature production
from mid/late 1944)- typical as delivered to overseas commands
and Coastal Command Squadrons through
to January-February 1945.
Beaufighter TF.X (mature
production early RD-series
airframes from late 1944)- typical as delivered to the service
MUs through October-November
1944 and to the squadrons through
January-February 1945.
Note enlarged elevator design and
shorter balance tab control rods and
horns moved from below to above
the elevators. Usually delivered with
'clean' nose caps, but these were often
retrofitted with F.24 camera-endowed
caps on an as-needed basis. Some
squadrons replaced the windscreen
wiper assembly with the old Coastal
Command-developed venturi box ahead
of the windscreen on the nose. Mk.XII
wing featured fairings over the main
spar between the engine nacelles and
fuselage to accommodate the drop tank
feed/vent system, single landing
light lamp in revised fairing, wooden
wingtips with smaller-pattern
navigation light openings, and revised
access panelling on both surfaces.
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