YELLOW Mark Ansell | Boulton Paul ae a ( dnd Ss DaeMarkgAnsell Gulree WipsatoyS Op Boulton Paul DEFIANT Technical details and history of the famous British fighter.James Kightly Colour Drawings Artur Juszezak DIP Dariusz Karnas Scale plans Mariusz Kubryn Printed by: Drukarnia Diecezjalna, ul. Zeromskiego 4, 27-600 Sandomierz tel (15) 832 31 92; fax (15) 832 77 87 www.wds.pl marketing @wds.pl PRINTED IN POLAND Table of contents ‘A New Bomber Destroyer. Evaluation for Service .. ‘The Defiant I Aeroplane. Into Service with 264 Sqn .. Defiant I Airframe orders.. Night Ops and Radar. Defiant NF I Airframe orders. ‘The Defiant I ‘The Defiant II Aeroplane. Defiant II Airframe orders Boulton Paul Type A MK.LID Turret Defiant to the Rescue Target Practice. = Defiant TT.I Aeroplane. Defiant TT I Airframe orders. The Defiant TTI The Defiant TT.II Aeroplane. SASRRBSERRERESe mY ‘Acknowledgements: Special thanks to the following with their help with the supply of reminiscences, information, photographs and encoura ment: Alec Brew, The late Colin R Bryant (Excerpts from his wartime memories are included in italics), The late John “Jack” Chambers, Jack Holmes, James Kightly, Holly Reed, (U.S. National Archives. Still Picture Reference), The late John M Ward, Les Whitehouse, and the authors of the various references in the Bibliography Get in the picture! Do you have photographs of historical aircraft, airfields in action. or original and unusual stories to tell? MMP would like to hear from you! We ‘welcome previously unpublished material that will help to make MMP books the best of their kind. We will return original photos to you and provide full credit for your images. Contact us before sending us any valuable material: rogerw@mmpbooks.