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Boulton Paul Defiant (2093 words) |
 | By February 1942, the Defiant was obviously too slow to catch the latest German night intruders and the night fighter units completely re-equipped in the period April-September 1942. |
| A specialised Target-tug version of the Defiant was first ordered in July 1941, designated the T.T. Mk I. The new version was based on the Mk II airframe, with the Merlin XX engine, but with space formerly occupied by the turret now taken up with an observers station with a small canopy. |
| One Defiant T.T. Mk I (DR944) was seconded to Martin Baker on 11 December 1944. |
| The Boulton Paul Defiant (1113 words) |
| The results were that the Defiant certainly could not compete against the Hurricane, it could not match the performance or the maneuverability and there were many mixed feelings regarding as to whether it could compete against present enemy fighters. |
| The Defiant continued on as a night fighter and as a special operations aircraft that was used for radar jamming in 1942 and 1943. |
| The Defiant continued this role with the squadron untill February 1944 when the Defiant was replaced by the De Haviland Mosquito II and VI. |
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