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HOBBY MASTER
MODEL NO. HA 2301.
SCALE 1/72
INSTOCK NOW.
The Aircraft
In April 1943 the 236 Squadron was one of three squadrons forming the new Coastal Command Strike Wing, Coastal Group #16 at RAF North Coates. The Bristol Beaufighter Mk. X commonly referred to as the “Torbeau” because of its ability to be armed with a torpedo or optional rockets or bombs. Their primary function was anti-shipping and during the final three years of WWII the North Coates squadrons sank 117 ships with over 150,000 tons. All this came at the cost of 120 Beaufighters and 241 crew members.
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