Boulton-Paul Defiant
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Boulton-Paul Defiant. Royal Air Force Night Fighter. Series C, Number Forty-Five. The R.A.F. has been able to maintain a favorable ratio against great odds in the night sky war flying the Boulton-Paul "Defiant". A power-driven turret protects the rear. Four machine guns forward have also taught the German Luftwaffe to avoid this night fighter. A 1000 h.p. Rolls-Royce Merlin rockets the "Defiant" at better than 300 m.p.h. Co-operation of Flying and Popular Aviation This is one of a series of fifty pictures of Modern Airplanes packed with WINGS Cigarettes
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Robert M. Lindsey
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