Boulton-Paul Defiant at The Royal Air Force Museum Midlands #ww2 #ww2history #wwii #defiant #warbirds | Daniel J Wheatcroft

This Boulton Paul Defiant was ordered February 1938 as part of the 2nd production order for 202 Defiant Mk.I aircraft to contract 751867/37, serial numbers between N1535-N1812. Built by Boulton Paul at its Pendeford, Wolverhampton, England and factory fitted with a Merlin III engine. #ww2 #aviationlovers | World War II Aircraft

Boulton Paul Defiant at RAFM Hendon - the only surviving intact example. This night fighter version proved a successful application of the turreted fighter. #ww2 #WWII #defiant #fighter #warbirds | Daniel J Wheatcroft

Bouton Paul Defiant Mk I N1671 of 307 Lwowski (Polish) Squadron - the first Polish night fighter unit, based at Kirton-in-Lindsey - at The Royal Air Force Museum Midlands #ww2 #ww2history #warbirds #polishhistory #avgeek | Daniel J Wheatcroft

The Boulton Paul Defiant - on paper a very sensible proposal to attack mass bomber formations launching from Germany. But of course in reality the threat came from much closer, and in the presence of escorts. #warbirds #ww2 #ww2history #defiant #royalairforce | Daniel J Wheatcroft

The Boulton Paul Defiant was designed to meet a specification that envisaged - quite sensibly at the time - formations of German bombers threatening the UK far beyond the range of their escort fighters. Blitzkrieg changed all assumptions, but the Defiant would prove effective in the night fighter role equipped with Air Intercept radar #warbirds #ww2 #ww2history #defiant #rafmuseum | Daniel J Wheatcroft