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Airfix A04016 Bristol Blenheim MkI Bomber
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The Mark IV variant was equally unsuccessful in its daylight bombing role, suffering major losses in the early stages of the war.
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CompareThe Bristol Blenheim was designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. It resulted from a challenge by Lord Rothermere to build a high speed transport plane. It was adapted as an interim long-range and night fighter, pending the availability of the Beaufighter. It was one of the first British aircraft to have all-metal stressed-skin construction, to utilise retractable landing gear, flaps, a powered gun turret and variable pitch propellers. A Canadian-built variant named the Bolingbroke was used as an anti-submarine and training aircraft. The Blenheim Mk I outshone most biplane fighters in the late 1930s but stood little chance against the German Messerschmitt Bf 109 during daylight operations, though it proved successful as a night fighter. The Mark IV variant was equally unsuccessful in its daylight bombing role, suffering major losses in the early stages of the war.
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