• Source: List of Boulton Paul Defiant operators

    • This is a list of the Boulton Paul Defiant operators.


    Operators




    = Australia

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    Royal Australian Air Force
    No. 456 Squadron RAAF used the Defiant between its formation in June 1941 and November 1941 when it converted to Beaufighters. Squadron code letters 'PZ'.


    = British India

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    Royal Indian Air Force
    No.1 Air Gunners School (India)
    No.22 Anti Aircraft Co-Operation Unit


    = Canada

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    Royal Canadian Air Force
    No. 409 (Nighthawk) Squadron used the Defiant on night fighter operations between July 1941 and October 1941, using the squadron code letters 'KP'.
    No. 410 (Cougar) Squadron used the Defiant as a nightfighter between June 1941 and June 1942, using the squadron code letters 'RA'.


    = Poland

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    Polish Air Forces on exile in Great Britain
    No. 307 Polish Night Fighter Squadron "Lwowskich Puchaczy" used the Defiant between September 1940 and August 1941, using the squadron code letters 'EW'. 307 was a new nightfighter Defiant squadron formed but did not become operational until December defending western Britain. One of their aircraft was serial number N1671, EW-D, and is the sole complete surviving Defiant which is on display at the RAF Museum at Hendon.


    = United Kingdom

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    Royal Air Force

    No. 1422 Flight RAF
    No. 1479 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF
    No. 1480 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF
    No. 1481 Target Towing and Gunnery Flight RAF
    No. 1482 Target Towing and Gunnery Flight RAF
    No. 1483 (Bombing) Gunnery Flight RAF
    No. 1484 (Bombing) Gunnery Flight RAF
    No. 1485 (Bombing) Gunnery Flight RAF
    No. 1566 (Meteorological) Flight RAF
    No. 1600 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF
    No. 1602 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF
    No. 1616 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF
    No. 1622 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF
    No. 1623 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF
    No. 1624 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF
    No. 1631 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF
    No. 1692 (Radio Development) Flight RAF used the Defiant on Radar Counter Measures (RCM) operations
    Fleet Air Arm
    Operated the Defiant Target-Tug
    721 Naval Air Squadron
    726 Naval Air Squadron
    727 Naval Air Squadron
    728 Naval Air Squadron
    770 Naval Air Squadron
    771 Naval Air Squadron
    772 Naval Air Squadron
    774 Naval Air Squadron
    775 Naval Air Squadron
    776 Naval Air Squadron
    777 Naval Air Squadron
    779 Naval Air Squadron
    788 Naval Air Squadron
    789 Naval Air Squadron
    791 Naval Air Squadron
    792 Naval Air Squadron
    794 Naval Air Squadron
    797 Naval Air Squadron


    = United States

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    United States Army Air Forces
    No. 11 Combat Crew Replacement Centre USAAF - 1 aircraft


    References




    = Notes

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    = Bibliography

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    Thetford, Owen (1991). British Naval Aircraft since 1912. London, UK: Putnam Aeronautical Books, an imprint of Conway Maritime Press Ltd. ISBN 0-85177-849-6.


    External links


    Boulton-Paul Defiant TT.I & TT.III article at Bharat Rakshak website.

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