Malcolm V Lowe recounts the story of the early fighter conversions of Bristol’s famous Blenheim light bomber, including the type’s important night fighting career
Featured in a series of contemporary air-toair photographs, this night fighter-configured Blenheim Mk.If K7159 wore the code letters ‘YX’ of 54 OTU. Noteworthy is the aerial fitting visible beneath the port wing.
An early-war image of a 25 Squadron Blenheim Mk.If, K7090, wearing that unit’s wartime fuselage code of ‘ZK’. A groundcrew member can be seen sitting on the ubiquitous starter trolley external power source.
One of the significant warplanes that entered service with Britain’s RAF during the later 1930s was the Bristol Blenheim.
