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USNTS Aircraft Recognition Training Card: Bristol Beaufighter, R.A.F. Attack Bomber (Form 2, 12-8-42)

USNTS Aircraft Recognition Training Card: Bristol Beaufighter, R.A.F. Attack Bomber (Form 2, 12-8-42)

This 1942 U.S. Navy Training School recognition card taught trainees to identify the Bristol Beaufighter, a heavily armed British twin-engine aircraft used as a night fighter, ground-attack platform, and anti-shipping strike aircraft. In-flight and ground photographs, paired with silhouette drawings, gave Allied personnel the visual references needed for rapid aircraft identification during World War II. Project: 218069