All-metal covered with a monocoque fuselage, it retained some features which were outdated at the time, such as its fixed undercarriage. Outclassed for the European theatre, it saw service in the Middle East, replacing the Vickers Valentia.
The Bristol Aeroplane Company (formerly British and Colonial Aeroplane Company) was a major British aircraft company which was nationalised in 1959 to become part of the British Aircraft Corporation.
The Bristol Aeroplane Company began building primitive Bristol Boxkites in a former tram shed and became famous for the production of the war-time Blenheim and Beaufighter, the Brabazon airliner prototype, the Britannia and Freighter and the Belvedere and Sycamore helicopters.
In 1959 Bristol was forced to merge with English Electric, Hunting Aircraft and Vickers-Armstrongs to form the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC), later to become part of British Aerospace, now BAE Systems.
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