Brownings in a belly pack. IF was a failure, proving to be fairly easy meat for single-engine interceptors, and casualties were high. Like the Defiant, it served as a useful night fighter where its roomy fuselage and comparatively high loiter capability could be utilised to the full in this role. Sleek, pointed nose with large glazed area for the cockpit which is almost hidden by the wing-mounted engines when viewed from the side. Small air gunner's position on the upper fuselage.
Main undercarriage retracts into engine fairings part-way along the mainplane.
Bristol Blenheim 3-angle view.