BRISTOL 164 BRIGAND TF Mk
I - The Bristol Brigand
was designed by a team led by C W Tinson to serve in the role of a replacement
for the Beaufighter torpedo-bomber, to the requirements of Specification
H.7/42. Four prototypes were ordered in April 1943, to use basically the
same wings and tail unit as the Type 163 Bristol Buckingham, with a new
fuselage carrying AI Mk VIII radar and four 20-mm cannon in the nose and
one 0.303-in dorsal gun, with a torpedo slung beneath. Prototype first
flown December 4, 1944, with 2,400 hp Centaurus VIII; production deliveries
and RAF service post-war.
