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Title: Beaufighter Bombs
Post by: Chalenge on August 14, 2020, 01:08:41 PM
Does anyone have a picture of a Beaufighter with bombs mounted to the wings? I know it is far more likely to find Beaufighters loaded with rockets and/or torpedoes, but it's the bombs I'm looking for.
Title: Re: Beaufighter Bombs
Post by: Arlo on August 14, 2020, 01:42:44 PM
It could carry 2 250 lb bombs externally.

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Title: Re: Beaufighter Bombs
Post by: Chalenge on August 14, 2020, 06:39:17 PM
Yeah, I had read that they were slung under the wings, but if this is the only location for their mounting then certainly not whilst also carrying a torpedo.
Title: Re: Beaufighter Bombs
Post by: Arlo on August 14, 2020, 07:30:51 PM
Quote from: Chalenge on August 14, 2020, 06:39:17 PM
Yeah, I had read that they were slung under the wings, but if this is the only location for their mounting then certainly not whilst also carrying a torpedo.

Hard as I looked, I found nothing indicating wing mounted bombs for the Beau. Sorry.
Title: Re: Beaufighter Bombs
Post by: MiloMorai on August 17, 2020, 06:04:12 PM
Not hard to find,
(https://i.imgur.com/iJcE8CM.jpg)
Title: Re: Beaufighter Bombs
Post by: Ashley Pomeroy on August 19, 2020, 02:22:15 PM
This image at the IWM:
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205126841

is "loaded with two 250-lb GP bombs under the fuselage and two 250-lb depth charges under each wing".

This image doesn't show bombs:
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205219006

But it looks awesome - it's some Beaufighters strafing German ships in the Norwegian fjords.
Title: Re: Beaufighter Bombs
Post by: Chalenge on August 19, 2020, 06:10:05 PM
Beau-tiful aircraft!
Title: Re: Beaufighter Bombs
Post by: bozon on August 31, 2020, 08:12:13 AM
Bombs were not main loadout on Beaus. They were generally a poor choice for its missions and the Beau is not particularly well suited to be a dive bomber. Rockets served it better as an attack plane vs. land or sea. Torpedo-carrying torbeaus when need a big punch vs. large ships. Depth charges on anti-sub patrols.
Title: Re: Beaufighter Bombs
Post by: Volron on August 31, 2020, 09:30:41 AM
If I were to guess, if hitech adds the beau, she'll likely have the ability to carry them if she did.  Much like the 51 with rockets AND bombs, kind of thing.
Title: Re: Beaufighter Bombs
Post by: Chalenge on August 31, 2020, 10:12:02 AM
In "Beaufighter at War" in the chapter titled "Coastal Strikes" Norman Carr included an image from the IWM that shows two 500lb bombs slung, and two empty bomb points under the wings (one each). Many of the RAAF combat reports indicate the use of bombs, but they also certainly did their damage with torpedoes. I have a little too much audio work to finish before I can start in on it, but I will be building a Beau model for sure.
Title: Re: Beaufighter Bombs
Post by: lyric1 on September 02, 2020, 03:26:32 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/SEjcp4xh.jpg)

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Title: Re: Beaufighter Bombs
Post by: Chalenge on September 02, 2020, 04:43:31 PM
Now you're talking!  :D