Defiant (Total: 1,170, Canadian: 21, Group 0)
Boulton Paul Defiant
Boulton Paul P.82 Defiant, RAF (Serial No. L7026), coded PS*V, c1941.
The Boulton Paul Defiant is a British interceptor aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II. The Defiant was designed and built by Boulton Paul Aircraft as a "turret fighter", without any fixed forward-firing guns, also found in the Blackburn Roc of the Royal Navy.
In combat, the Defiant was found to be reasonably effective at destroying bombers but was vulnerable to the Luftwaffe's more manoeuvrable, single-seat Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters. The lack of forward-firing armament proved to be a great weakness in daylight combat and its potential was realised only when it was converted to a night fighter. It eventually equipped thirteen squadrons in this role, compared to just two squadrons as a day-fighter. In mid-1942 it was replaced by better performing night-fighters, the Bristol Beaufighter and de Havilland Mosquito.
The Defiant continued to find use in gunnery training, target towing, electronic countermeasures and air-sea rescue. Among RAF pilots it had the nickname "Daffy". Wikipedia
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Harold A Skaarup Web PageDefiant Mk. I serial AA281
s/n AA281
m/d P.82
c/n 651
Boulton-Paul
AA 281
Known Units: 409
With No. 409 (NF) Squadron, RCAF from 9 July 1941. One of the first 13 aircraft delivered to that unit, all arriving on 9 July 1941. Crashed on 11 October 1941, after pilot lost control. Came down at Wolverton, Norfolk. Pilot Flight Lieutenant F.S. Watson killed, Flight Sergeant McKinnon bailed out.last update: 2025-February-05
Defiant TT.Mk.I serial DR896
s/n DR896
m/d P.82
Boulton-Paul
DR 896
Known Units: 1622
last update: 2025-June-01
Defiant TT.Mk.I serial DR923
s/n DR923
m/d P.82
Boulton-Paul
DR 923
Known Units: 2
last update: 2025-June-01
Defiant Mk. I serial L6957
s/n L6957
m/d P.82
Boulton-Paul
L 6957
Defiant Mk I serial L6959
s/n L6959
m/d P.82
Boulton Paul
L 6959
Known Units: 264
last update: 2025-June-01
Defiant Mk. I serial L6995
s/n L6995
m/d P.82
Boulton-Paul
L 6995
Known Units: 141
last update: 2025-June-01
Defiant Mk. I serial L7007
s/n L7007
m/d P.82
Boulton Paul
L 7007
Known Units: 264
last update: 2025-June-01
Defiant Mk. I serial N1570
s/n N1570
m/d P.82
Boulton-Paul
N 1570
Known Units: 60
last update: 2025-June-01
Defiant Mk. I serial N1629
s/n N1629
m/d P.82
Boulton-Paul
N 1629
Known Units: 60
last update: 2025-June-01
Defiant Mk. I serial N1675
s/n N1675
m/d P.82
Boulton-Paul
N 1675
Known Units: 277
last update: 2025-June-01
Defiant Mk. I serial N1804
s/n N1804
m/d P.82
Boulton-Paul
N 1804
Known Units: 281
last update: 2025-June-01
Defiant MK. I serial N3364
s/n N3364
m/d P.82
Boulton-Paul
N 3364
Known Units: 410
Served with No. 410 (NF) Squadron, RCAF, in 1941/42. Crashed while on patrol night of 26/27 March 1942, came down near Morpeth, UK. Pilot Flight Sergeant F.E. Haines killed.last update: 2025-February-05
Defiant MK. I serial N3432
s/n N3432
m/d P.82
Boulton-Paul
N 3432
Defiant MK. I serial N3499
s/n N3499
m/d P.82
Boulton-Paul
N 3499
Known Units: 125
last update: 2025-June-01
Defiant MK. I serial N3503
s/n N3503
m/d P.82
Boulton-Paul
N 3503
Known Units: 410
Served with No. 410 (NF) Squadron, RCAF, in 1941/42. Crashed into Aberlady Bay, East Loyhian on 11 April 1942, during a training flight. Sgt. R.G. Smith and Sgt. A.G. MacKinnon killed.last update: 2025-February-05
Defiant MK. I serial N3520
s/n N3520
m/d P.82
Boulton-Paul
N 3520
Known Units: 256
last update: 2025-June-01
Defiant Mk. I serial T3914
s/n T3914
m/d P.82
Boulton-Paul
T 3914
Known Units: 153
last update: 2025-June-01
Defiant Mk. I serial T4075
s/n T4075
m/d P.82
Boulton-Paul
T 4075
Known Units: 7
last update: 2025-June-01
Defiant Mk. I serial V1117
s/n V1117
m/d P.82
Boulton-Paul
V 1117
Known Units: 277
last update: 2025-June-01
Defiant Mk. I serial V1138
s/n V1138
m/d P.82
Boulton-Paul
V 1138
Known Units: 60
last update: 2025-June-01
Defiant Mk. I serial V1138
s/n V1138
m/d P.82
Boulton-Paul
V 1138
Known Units: 60
last update: 2025-June-01