Born from the Beaufort and powered by Hercules engines, the Beaufighter combined radar, cannons, and sheer audacity to become a feared night fighter and strike aircraft across Europe and the Pacific.

It is being replaced with an £11m new bridge, which will stretch over a mainline railway between Bristol and Taunton, and is scheduled to open in spring 2027. Winterstoke Road Bridge closed to traffic ...

Happy New Year! A year (and a gazillion maiden flights of new Chinese aircraft types) has passed. 2025 was a bugger for many, but it also had some cool moments in the world of aviation.

Beaufighter LZ314/P: Took off at 17:05 hrs for Rover patrol off Bommel Fjord, Norway. 30/03/1944 Beaufighter aircraft failed to return from an anti-shipping strike off Bommel Fjord, Norway. The ...

Beaufighter LZ136/"O": Four aircraft took off at intervals from 08:25hrs for targets at Kalawa and on the Thazi-Myingyan railway. Two of the crews were attacked enemy fighters but shook them off. ‘O’ ...

Western Desert, North Africa. c. 31 December 1941. One of the deadly Bristol Beaufighter aircraft, serial no. T3316, operating on the battlefront. Since the British Army offensive commenced three days ...

A Weston-super-Mare bridge originally built to support the war effort is set to be demolished on Christmas Day. The Winterstoke Road Bridge was built during the Second World War to access aircraft ...

A hidden doorway leading to an underground bunker was uncovered by developers clearing an overgrown site in Cornwall. The ...