The Boulton-Paul Defiant was the only &8216;turret fighter&8217; to enter service with the RAF The Defiant used the philosophy that a fighter aircraft armed solely with a turret bristling with machine guns would be able to enter a bomber stream causing havoc & the turret would also enable it to defend itself from enemy fighters During its first few engagements during the Battle of Britain in 1940 enemy pilots were taken by surprise & the Defiant fared well but soon the Luftwaffe pilots worked out its weaknesses especially the lack of forward firing guns & the Defiant was soon relegated to night fighting duties were it fared better Please note box & model
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