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702899 1/48 Boulton Paul Defiant F1
702899 1/48 Boulton Paul Defiant F1
 
Retail Price: $57.50
Scale: 1/48
Brand: TRUMPETER

Stock Status: In Stock

Product Code: 702899
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The Boulton Paul Defiant was aBritish interceptor aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. The Defiant was designed and built by Boulton PaulAircraft as a "turret fighter", without any forward-firing guns. Itwas a con temporary of the Royal Navy's Blackburn Roc. The con cept of a turretfighter related directly to the successful first World War-era Bristol F.2Fighter. In practice, the Defiant was found to be reason ably effective as a bomberdestroyer,but vulnerable to the Luftwaffe's more agile, single-seat Messerschmitt Bf 109fighters. Lack of forward armament proved to be a major weakness in daylight combat and its potential was only realized when it switched to night combat.