Above: Relieving the tension, aircrews of No 16
Squadron SAAF and No 227 Squadron RAF
gather in a dispersal at Biferno, Italy, prior to
taking off to attack a German headquarters
building in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia. A Bristol
Beaufighter Mk X armed with rocket projectiles
stands behind them.Right: In this famous photograph, a Beaufighter
Mk IX from the SAAF’s No 19 Squadron launches
a rocket attack on the German HQ of occupied
Zuzenberg, Yugoslavia, in February 1945.Below: Wearing D-Day invasion stripes,
Beaufighter TF Mk X, UB-E, NE543, of No 455
Squadron, fires a deadly salvo of eight rockets.
This variant was powered by a modified version
of the Hercules VI engine, designed to give peak
output at low levels.46 HEAVY FIGHTERS OF WW2