Bristol Beaufighter - Mosquito Torbeau John Care pilot DFC 254 sqn RAF

[dawnalwyn]

my father James R. Hughes was in 254 DFC and Bar his navigator was W.Benniworth he flew 32 sorties. Did you know him?

[acheface]

My first posting as a Snowdrop in 1984 was North Cotes. You could almost feel the presence of these Airmen and Women when patrolling the then dissused airfield.

[johnmb1961]

My dad flew Mosquitoes and Beaufighters. I am doing a book on WWII pilots (photos plus life story) and I am keen to get in touch with any pilots from that time, I have interviewed and photographed 15 WWII pilots including some famous guys like Gunther Rall, so please get in touch if you know anyone. Best regards John Martin Bradley - John Bradley Photography 

[dawnalwyn]

my father flew in SQN 254 he was awarded the dfc and bar.A quiet hero. He flew 32 sorties. I still have his flying jacket and hat....I would like to honor him. JAMES R.HUGHES his navigator was William Benneworth

[spartan3956]

My Father now 92 served in the RAF Posted in Malta. They had a number of Beaufighters there. They went out at night to destroy Nazi oil tankers going to North Africa. Rommel ran eventually out of petrol, Also Known as the Tank Buster.

[tangodancer1603]

Surely the thing that must strike you [pardon the pun] is the sheer beauty and simplicity of the design of both these aircraft, a joy to look at, sadly missing in so many modern day aircraft, wonderful.

[GOTCOL]

great plane

[jaffa3281]

also known by the japanese as "the whispering death" i seem to recall

[LeoAndRas]

Surely the Bristol Beaufighter was well armed, but there was two german planes was still more armed than it: a bomber destroyer Me-410 version,with a 50mm,two 30mm,two 20mm, two 13,2mm guns and four 210mm rockets, and He-219 Owl night fighter,with six 30mm and two 20mm guns. With so heavy guns,these german fighters could shot down almost anything in the skies,as was done by Beaufighter too.

[BelieveNoGod]

The Beaufighter must have been a nightmare for it's opponents.

That's a lot of firepower, and they had good speed too.

[kse57]

the pics are nice... I live close to the old RAF north coates station and have some post war memorabelia .

[kse57]

are the landing/take, and the pics of the personell ,actually of North coates?

[johncare]

pictures only not video.. thats from newsreels

[johncare]

there lots entries in the pilot log books on the pilots web site google john-care raf dfc