Beaufort (Total: 223, Canadian: 101, Group 0)
Bristol Beaufort

Bristol Beaufort Mk. I (Serial No. N1030), coded N, No. 149 (Torpedo Bomber) Squadron, RCAF, on patrol over Patricia bay, British Columbia, 18 June 1943.
The Bristol Beaufort Type 152 was a British twin-engined torpedo bomber. At least 1,180 Beauforts were built by Bristol and other British manufacturers. Beauforts first saw service with RAF Coastal Command and then the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm from 1940. They were used as torpedo bombers, conventional bombers and mine-layers until 1942, when they were removed from active service and were then used as trainer aircraft until being declared obsolete in 1945.
Although it was designed as a torpedo-bomber, the Beaufort was more often used as a medium day bomber. The Beaufort also flew more hours in training than on operational missions and more were lost through accidents and mechanical failures than were lost to enemy fire. The Beaufort was adapted as a long-range heavy fighter variant called the Beaufighter, which proved to be very successful and many Beaufort units eventually converted to the Beaufighter.
No. 149 (TB) Squadron, RCAF, was formed as a Torpedo Bomber unit at Patricia Bay, British Columbia, on 26 October 1942. This squadron was the only home unit to be equipped with the Bristol Beaufort to meet the Japanese naval threat from the Aleutians. When the Japanese withdrew in the summer of 1943, the squadron was redesignated Bomber Reconnaissance (BR) and re-equipped with Lockheed Ventura aircraft. It was employed on West Coast anti-submarine duty until it was disbanded at Terrace, BC, on 15 March 1944. (S. Kostenuk and J. Griffin)
The RCAF's overseas experience with torpedo bombers differed greatly from the sporadic and often ineffective operations on the home front. Although the RCAF carried only one torpedo bomber squadron in its overseas Order of Battle, many Canadians flew with British squadrons in this role.
Nos. 22 and 42 squadrons were the first RAF units to receive the type, and among the first to fly them were British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) graduates. These men, who were trained under the Canada-based BCATP, began arriving in Britain in November 1940. One of them, Pilot Officer Lawrence Stanley Hill, a navigator from Calgary, had barely reported to No. 42 Sqdn. when he was dispatched on a Dec. 28 Beaufort mission to locate an enemy tanker off Trondheim, Norway. The aircraft was last seen on a homeward track off Scotland's Shetland Islands. Hill and the other four crew members are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial west of London, England.
Torpedo bombing required both skill and nerves of steel. The "fish" were dropped from an altitude of roughly 80 feet, approximately 1,000 yards from target. Close for sure, but if a ship had shallow draught the torpedoes could pass harmlessly underneath. The attack itself demanded a straight and level approach which made the aircraft an easy target for enemy gunners, and so it was not uncommon for a strike force to lose a third of its planes. The death of Warrant Officer Alan Morris of Ottawa, a wireless operator in No. 42 Sqdn., is particularly tragic. Not only had the wireless operator in No. 42 Sqdn. completed his tour and participated in several attacks, he was ready to leave the squadron when asked to replace a sick man for a May 17, 1942, strike on the cruiser Lutznow. The mission was a disaster. Three Beauforts in the first wave were shot down. Four more - in the second wave - were destroyed by German fighters, and the cruiser escaped.
Torpedo bombers were dispatched in response to sighting reports, but more often Beaufort offensive operations consisted of mine-laying operations which caused the most aircrew casualties. Nevertheless, Sergeant James Philip Scott of Toronto, a RCAF navigator in No. 22 Sqdn., died during one of the most daring RAF torpedo bomber sorties. On April 6, 1941, Beauforts penetrated Brest harbour and attacked the German battle cruiser Gneisenau. The British pilot, Flying Officer Kenneth Campbell, ran a gauntlet of flak before launching his torpedo which put the vessel into dry dock for eight months. The Beaufort crew perished in the mission; Campbell was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross.
No. 415 Squadron, RCAF, formed at Thorney Island, Sussex, on 20 Aug 1941, worked up on Beauforts, and became operational on Hampdens in April 1942. Hugh A. Halliday
Beaufort Mk. l serial AW189
s/n AW189
AW 189
Known Units: ;217
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk l serial AW190
s/n AW190
AW 190
Known Units: ;217
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort serial AW196
s/n AW196
AW 196
Known Units: ;86
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial AW197
s/n AW197
AW 197
Known Units: ;217
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial AW211
s/n AW211
AW 211
Known Units: ;22
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort serial AW240
s/n AW240
AW 240
Known Units: ;217
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort serial AW243
s/n AW243
AW 243
Known Units: ;42
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. ll serial AW287
s/n AW287
AW 287
Known Units: ;16
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. ll serial AW298
s/n AW298
AW 298
Known Units: ;5
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. II serial AW305
s/n AW305
Bristol
AW 305
Known Units: ;39
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. ll serial AW349
s/n AW349
AW 349
Known Units: ;39
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. ll serial AW350
s/n AW350
AW 350
Known Units: ;39
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. ll serial AW353
s/n AW353
AW 353
Known Units: 39
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort serial AW375
s/n AW375
AW 375
Known Units: ;42
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort serial DD876
s/n DD876
DD 876
Known Units: ;5
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort serial DD928
s/n DD928
DD 928
Known Units: ;39
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort serial DD936
s/n DD936
DD 936
Known Units: ;39
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort serial DD937
s/n DD937
DD 937
Known Units: ;39
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial DE112
s/n DE112
DE 112
Known Units: ;47
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort serial DE115
s/n DE115
Bristol
DE 115
Known Units: ;47
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort MK. l serial DE121
s/n DE121
DE 121
Known Units: ;1
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort serial DW817
s/n DW817
DW 817
Known Units: ;39
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial DW825
s/n DW825
DW 825
Known Units: ;39
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. I serial DW833
s/n DW833
Bristol
DW 833
Beaufort serial DW834
s/n DW834
DW 834
Known Units: ;1
The Air War Events log has Flying Officer RA Bendwig on Beaufort I aircraft #DW 834. Interesting that RAF Commands has Bendwig commemorated on the Malta Memorial and the other crew commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. We have the aircrew from DW 834 commemorated on the Malta Memorial, so I am going to maybe go out on a limb and say that RAF Commands having Bendwig on a Wellington is likely incorrect.last update: 2025-February-05
Beaufort Mk. l serial DW856
s/n DW856
DW 856
Beaufort Mk. l serial DW914
s/n DW914
DW 914
Known Units: ;301
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial DW923
s/n DW923
DW 923
Known Units: ;1
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial DW938
s/n DW938
DW 938
Known Units: ;217
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial DW941
s/n DW941
DW 941
Known Units: ;319
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk .l serial DW992
s/n DW992
DW 992
Known Units: ;306;1
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial DW995
s/n DW995
DW 995
Known Units: ;5
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk .l serial DX134
s/n DX134
DX 134
Known Units: ;5
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial EK973
s/n EK973
EK 973
Known Units: ;5
Engine fire, crashed on approach
source: Malcolm Deeley, Ulster Aviation Society
last update: 2025-February-05Beaufort serial JM451
s/n JM451
JM 451
Known Units: ;5
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial JM499
s/n JM499
JM 499
Beaufort Mk. l serial JM514
s/n JM514
JM 514
Known Units: ;5
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial L4445
s/n L4445
L 4445
Known Units: ;5
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial L4466
s/n L4466
L 4466
Known Units: ;22
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort serial L4478
s/n L4478
L 4478
Known Units: ;3
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial L4479
s/n L4479
L 4479
Beaufort Mk. l serial L4480
s/n L4480
L 4480
Known Units: ;5
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial L4496
s/n L4496
L 4496
Known Units: ;5
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial L4514
s/n L4514
L 4514
Known Units: ;42
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort MK. l serial L9803
s/n L9803
L 9803
Beaufort Mk. I serial L9809
s/n L9809
Bristol
L 9809
Known Units: ;3
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial L9810
s/n L9810
L 9810
Known Units: ;42
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial L9813
s/n L9813
L 9813
Known Units: 42
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. I serial L9819
s/n L9819
L 9819
Known Units: ;9
Used by No. 415 (TB) Squadron, RCAF, for training from Thorney Island, UK, from 3 September 1941. Coded "GX*Q".last update: 2025-February-05
Beaufort Mk. l serial L9828
s/n L9828
L 9828
Known Units: ;5
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort serial L9834
s/n L9834
L 9834
Known Units: 42
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. I serial L9851
s/n L9851
Bristol
L 9851
Known Units: ;217
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk l serial L9860
s/n L9860
L 9860
Known Units: ;217
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial L9939
s/n L9939
L 9939
Known Units: ;42
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial L9950
s/n L9950
L 9950
Known Units: ;22
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial L9951
s/n L9951
L 9951
Known Units: ;5
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial L9953
s/n L9953
L 9953
Known Units: ;5
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial L9961
s/n L9961
L 9961
Known Units: ;5
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. I serial L9967
s/n L9967
m/d Type 152
L 9967
Known Units:
Erected by Canadian Associated Aircraft at St. Hubert, Quebec. Taken on strength at No. 1 Wireless School, at Montreal. To Western Air Command on 17 September 1941, for use by No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC. Coded "RD*K", and later "OP*K". To No. 149 (TB) Squadron at Patricia Bay, BC on 8 October 1942. Coded "K". To storage on 3 November 1943. To No. 1 Training Command, and classified as Instructional Airframe A397 on 22 February 1944, used at the Technical Training School at RCAF Station St. Thomas, Ontario. Had been RCAF L9967. Declared on no further instructional value on 30 March 1946. Held in whole state after disposal, pending transfer to War Assets Corporation.last update: 2025-February-05
1944-February-22 Classified Instructional CA A 397 2020-06-12
1946-March-30 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20
Beaufort Mk. I serial L9968
s/n L9968
m/d Type 152
L 9968
Known Units:
Erected by Canadian Associated Aircraft at St. Hubert, Quebec. Taken on strength at No. 1 Wireless School, at Montreal. To Western Air Command on 17 September 1941, for use by No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC. Coded "RD*L" and later "OP*L". Category C14 damage at 14:20 on 4 February 1942, at Patricia Bay. Swung on landing and struck a trench. To Boeing Aircraft in Vancouver for repairs, 18 March to 24 June 1942. Had 69:20 logged time when it arrived there. Back to Western Air Command when completed. To No. 149 (TB) Squadron at Patricia Bay on 8 October 1942. Coded "L". To storage on 3 November 1943. To No. 1 Training Command on 1 April 1944, for use at No. 5 Radio School at Clinton, Ontario. Classified as Instructional Airframe A387 on 3 April 1944. To No. 1 Air Command on 15 January 1945, still at Clinton. Retained in whole state after strike off, pending transfer to War Assets Corporation. Had been RCAF L9968last update: 2025-February-05
1942-February-04 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Patricia Bay Aerodrome Names: Robinson | Shorthouse
1944-April-03 Classified Instructional CA A 387 2020-06-12
1945-July-09 Struck off Strength 2020-10-26
Beaufort Mk. l serial L45214
s/n L45214
L 45214
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Tll serial ML444
s/n ML444
ML 444
Known Units: ;1
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. I serial N1005
s/n N1005
m/d Type 152
N 1005
Known Units: ;149
Erected by Canadian Associated Aircraft at St. Hubert, Quebec. Taken on strength at No. 1 Wireless School, at Montreal. To Western Air Command on 2 September 1941, for use by No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC. Coded "RD*A" and later "DK*R". Category C10 damage at 15:40 on 31 December 1941, at Patricia Bay. Swung while taxiing, ran into bank of earth after leaving runway, damage to starboard landing gear, wing, engine and propeller. Crashed at 12:00 on 2 January 1942, also at Patricia Bay. Assigned to Boeing Aircraft in Vancouver for repairs, 27 January to 11 May 1942. Back to No. 32 OTU when completed. To No. 149 (TB) Squadron at Patricia Bay on 8 October 1942. Destroyed in crash on take off on 2 December 1942. One fatality, Sgt. P.Bures, A Czech serving in the RCAF.last update: 2025-February-05
1941-December-31 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Ashburner | Baker | Piddington
1942-December-02 Accident: 149 Squadron Loc: Patricia Bay Aerodrome Names: Bures | Luty | Tucker | Wilson
1944-October-04 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20
Beaufort Mk. I serial N1006
s/n N1006
m/d Type 152
N 1006
Known Units:
Erected by Canadian Associated Aircraft at St. Hubert, Quebec, and taken on strength there. To Western Air Command on 17 September 1941, for use by No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC. Coded "RD*B". Forced landing at sea, 8 miles south east of Patricia Bay, after starboard engine failed on 15 February 1942.last update: 2025-February-05
1942-February-15 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Howie | Piddington
1942-May-09 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20
Beaufort Mk. I serial N1007
s/n N1007
m/d Type 152
N 1007
Known Units:
Erected by Canadian Associated Aircraft at St. Hubert, Quebec. Taken on strength at No. 1 Wireless School, at Montreal. To Western Air Command on 2 September 1941, for use by No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC. Coded "RD*C" and later "OP*C". Assigned to No. 149 (TB) Squadron at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC on 8 October 1942, may have arrived there on 13 December 1942. Coded "A". To storage with WAC on 3 November 1943, to No. 1 Training Command on 28 February 1944. Classified as Instructional Airframe A 377 on that date, for use at RCAF Station Aylmer, Ontario. Had been RCAF N1007last update: 2025-February-05
1944-February-28 Classified Instructional CA A 377 2020-06-12
1946-March-30 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale 2019-08-20
Beaufort I serial N1011
s/n N1011
m/d Type 152
N 1011
Known Units: ;5
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort I serial N1015
s/n N1015
m/d Type 152
N 1015
Known Units: ;42
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort I serial N1016
s/n N1016
m/d Type 152
N 1016
Known Units: ;22
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. I serial N1021
s/n N1021
m/d Type 152
N 1021
Known Units:
Erected by Canadian Associated Aircraft at St. Hubert, Quebec. Taken on strength at No. 1 Wireless School, at Montreal. To Western Air Command on 11 September 1941, for use by No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC. Coded "RD*D" and later "OP*D". Assigned to No. 149 (TB) Squadron at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC on 8 October 1942. Coded "B". Category A crash at Patricia Bay at 15:03 on 23 February 1943. One engine failed on approach to landing. Pilot could not keep aircraft straight, and it crashed into a hanger. 2 crew slightly injured.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-February-23 Accident: 149 TB Squadron Loc: Patricia Bay Names: MacDonald | Watts
1943-April-19 Struck off Strength Struck off by No. 3 Repair Depot 2019-08-20
Beaufort I serial N1026
s/n N1026
m/d Type 152
N 1026
Known Units: ;32
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. I serial N1026
s/n N1026
m/d Type 152
N 1026
Known Units:
With Test & Development Establishment at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, dates unknown. To Western Air Command on 21 November 1941, for use by No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC. Coded "RD*O". Category A crash at Sidney, BC at 13:30 on 29 May 1942. Aircraft crashed into sea shortly after take off, when port engine caught fire. Pilot Sgt. P. Stillwell and 3 other crew drowned.last update: 2025-February-05
1942-May-29 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Sydney British Columbia Names: Hall | MacColl | O'Brien | Stillwell
1942-September-07 Struck off Strength Struck off by No. 3 Repair Depot, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
Beaufort Mk. I serial N1027
s/n N1027
m/d Type 152
N 1027
Known Units:
With Test & Development Establishment at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario. To Western Air Command on 17 November 1941, for use by No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC. Coded "RD*P" and later "OP*N". Assigned to No. 149 (TB) Squadron at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC on 8 October 1942. Coded "C". Struck by taxiing Hampden AN107 while parked at Patricia Bay on 26 October 1943. To No. 1 Training Command on 10 March 1944. Converted to Instructional Airframe A 383 on that date, for use by the Technical Training School at RCAF Station Aylmer, Ontario. To No. 1 Air Command on 15 January 1945, still in use at Aylmer. Pending disposal from 15 February 1945, stored at the Flight Engineers School at Aylmer. Declared of no further use on 28 March 1947, retained in whole state pending disposal. Had been RCAF N1027last update: 2025-February-05
1943-October-26 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Jagger | Miles | Payne | Pearse
1944-March-09 Classified Instructional CA A 383 2020-06-12
1947-March-28 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20
Beaufort I serial N1028
s/n N1028
m/d Type 152
N 1028
Known Units: ;5
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. I serial N1029
s/n N1029
m/d Type 152
N 1029
Known Units:
Erected by Canadian Associated Aircraft at St. Hubert, Quebec. Taken on strength at No. 1 Wireless School, at Montreal. To Western Air Command on 2 September 1941, for use by No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC. Coded "RD*E" and later "OP*E". Assigned to No. 149 (TB) Squadron at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC on 8 October 1942. Coded "D".last update: 2025-February-05
1943-August-16 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce at Patricia Bay 2019-08-20
Beaufort Mk. I serial N1030
s/n N1030
m/d Type 152
N 1030
Known Units:
Erected by Canadian Associated Aircraft at St. Hubert, Quebec. Taken on strength at No. 1 Wireless School, at Montreal. To Western Air Command on 2 September 1941, for use by No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC. Coded "RD*F" and later "OP*F". Assigned to No. 149 (TB) Squadron at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC on 8 October 1942. Coded "N". To storage with Western Air Command on 3 November 1943. To No. 1 Training Command on 17 March 1944. Converted to Instructional Airframe A 375 on that date, for use by the Technical Training School at RCAF Station Aylmer, Ontario. To No. 1 Air Command on 15 January 1945, still in use at Aylmer. Pending disposal from 15 February 1945, stored at the Flight Engineers School at Aylmer. Declared of no further use on 28 March 1947, retained in whole state pending disposal. Had been RCAF N1030last update: 2025-February-05
1944-March-17 Classified Instructional CA A 375 2020-06-12
1947-March-28 Struck off Strength Strike off approved 2020-10-16
Beaufort Mk. I serial N1045
s/n N1045
m/d Type 152
N 1045
Known Units:
To Western Air Command on 14 October 1941, for use by No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC. Coded "RD*G" and later "OP*G". Assigned to No. 149 (TB) Squadron at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC on 8 October 1942. Coded "N". To storage with Western Air Command on 3 November 1943. To No. 1 Training Command on 16 February 1944. Converted to Instructional Airframe A 395 on the next day, for use by the Technical Training School at RCAF Station Aylmer, Ontario. Had been RCAF N1045. Declared of no further use on 30 March 1946, retained in whole state pending disposal.last update: 2025-February-05
1944-February-17 Classified Instructional CA A 395 2020-06-12
1946-March-30 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20
Beaufort Mk. I serial N1078
s/n N1078
m/d Type 152
N 1078
Known Units:
Erected by Canadian Associated Aircraft at St. Hubert, Quebec. Taken on strength at No. 1 Wireless School, at Montreal. To Western Air Command on 2 September 1941, for use by No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC. Coded "RD*H" and later "OP*H". Category C6 damage to airscrews at Patricia Bay, at 15:30 on 7 November 1941, when the aircraft jumped the chocks while ground running and struck wooden trestles. To Boeing Aircraft in Vancouver for repairs, 8 December 1941 to 17 January 1942. Back to No. 32 OTU when completed. Assigned to No. 149 (TB) Squadron at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC on 8 October 1942. Coded "N". To storage with Western Air Command on 3 November 1943. To No. 1 Training Command on 16 February 1944. Converted to Instructional Airframe A 396 on the next day, for use by the Technical Training School at RCAF Station Aylmer, Ontario. Had been RCAF N1078. Declared of no further use on 30 March 1946, retained in whole state pending disposal.last update: 2025-February-05
1941-November-07 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Jacobs
1944-February-17 Classified Instructional CA A 396 2020-06-12
1946-March-30 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20
Beaufort I serial N1085
s/n N1085
m/d Type 152
N 1085
Known Units: ;22
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. I serial N1107
s/n N1107
m/d Type 152
N 1107
Known Units:
To Western Air Command on 17 September 1941, for use by No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC. Coded "RDJ". Category C12 damage on 14 January 1942, when aircraft swung on landing and starboard landing gear struck a ditch. Repaired on site. Had 62:15 logged time on this date. To No. 149 (TB) Squadron at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC on 8 October 1942. Coded "H". To storage on 3 November 1943, possibly following a crash. To No. 1 Training Command on 22 March 1944, converted to Instructional Airframe A376 the following day. To No. 1 Air Command in January 1945. Struck off at No. 5 Radio Direction Finding School at Clinton, Ontario. Had been RCAF N1107last update: 2025-February-05
1942-January-14 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Pat Bay Names: Henry
1944-March-23 Classified Instructional CA A 376 2020-06-12
1945-July-09 Struck off Strength Struck off, retained in whole state 2019-08-20
Beaufort I serial N1109
s/n N1109
m/d Type 152
N 1109
Known Units: ;22
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort I serial N1154
s/n N1154
m/d Type 152
N 1154
Known Units: ;217
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort I serial N1158
s/n N1158
m/d Type 152
N 1158
Known Units: ;22
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort I serial N1162
s/n N1162
m/d Type 152
N 1162
Known Units: ;42
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort I serial N1169
s/n N1169
m/d Type 152
N 1169
Known Units: ;39
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort I serial N1171
s/n N1171
m/d Type 152
N 1171
Known Units: ;22
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort I serial N1172
s/n N1172
m/d Type 152
N 1172
Beaufort I serial N1180
s/n N1180
m/d Type 152
N 1180
Known Units: ;1
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. I serial W6473
s/n W6473
m/d Type 152
W 6473
Known Units: ;32
With No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC. Coded "OP*N". Written off in forced landing at Rodeo, New Mexico on 27 March 1942. Port engine failed, and then fell off. Aircraft was on a cross country training exercise. One fatality, Flight Lieutenant P.A. Kimpton, RAF.last update: 2025-February-05
1942-March-27 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Rodeo Mexico Names: Berth-jones | Kimpton | Loyd | West
1942-May-14 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20
Beaufort Mk. l serial W6474
s/n W6474
W 6474
Known Units: ;44
last update: 2025-June-01
Ferry Flight 1942-03-18 to 1942-03-18
(Ferry) Ferry Command (RAF) Portreath
In March of 1942, the ever-growing needs of the RAF in the Middle East saw hundreds of replacement aircraft making the trip from Britain, many in the hands of No. 44 Group Ferry Service. There are some things we know about the final flight of Beaufort I (W64 7 4) by piecing infonmation together.
The crew of Thornton, Brinkworth (navigator), Sgt. Cyril Bohling, and Sgt. Andrew Brigstocke (both listed as wireless air gunners) took off from RAF Portreath, in southwest Cornwall, on the morning of March 18, headed south for Gibraltar. That meant transiting the dangerous skies over the Bay of Biscay.
They were nominally listed as member of No. 86 (Coastal Command) squadron, but the Operational Record Book for that month shows neither the aircraft nor the crew, on strength, or the flight itself recorded.
Once W6474 cleared English air space, the crew were never seen again.
The patrol boat off Lisbon identified a Beaufort and enemy aircraft, but there is no confirmation it was the Thornton crew, though a letter sent to Brinkworth's mother does say the RAF believes it to be so.
source: SPROG, Author Malcolm Kelly
Beaufort Mk. l serial W6479
s/n W6479
W 6479
Beaufort Ml. l serial W6480
s/n W6480
W 6480
Known Units: ;5
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. I serial W6484
s/n W6484
m/d Type 152
W 6484
Known Units:
With No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC. Coded "RD*N" and later "OP*N". Ground looped while taking off at Patricia Bay on 20 June 1942, landing gear collapsed. Starboard propeller and gear box came off when aircraft struck the ground. With No. 149 (TB) Squadron at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC in 1942/43. Coded "M", date not known. Classified as Instructional Airframe A384 on 9 March 1944. Had been RCAF W6484last update: 2025-February-05
1942-June-20 Accident: 32 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Ballantyne | Elliott | Kidd | Piddington
1944-March-09 Classified Instructional CA A 384 2020-06-12
1947-March-28 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20
Beaufort Mk. l serial W6486
s/n W6486
W 6486
Known Units: ;22
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort serial W6489
s/n W6489
W 6489
Known Units: ;22
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial W6520
s/n W6520
W 6520
Known Units: ;39
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial W6522
s/n W6522
W 6522
Known Units: ;22
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. I serial W6539
s/n W6539
W 6539
Known Units: ;1
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial W9834
s/n W9834
W 9834
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial W9939
s/n W9939
W 9939
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial X8916
s/n X8916
X 8916
Known Units: 3 (C) OYU
last update: 2025-June-01
Beaufort Mk. l serial X8921
s/n X8921
X 8921
Known Units: ;22
last update: 2025-June-01