Type 164 Brigand | |
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General information | |
Type | Anti-shipping torpedo bomber, ground attack/dive bomber |
National origin | United Kingdom |
Manufacturer | Bristol Aeroplane Company |
Primary user | Royal Air Force |
Number built | 147 |
History | |
Introduction date | June 1946 |
First flight | 4 December 1944 |
Retired | 1958 |
Developed from | Bristol Buckingham |
The Bristol Brigand was a British anti-shipping/ground attack/dive bomber aircraft, developed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company as a replacement for the Beaufighter. A total of 147 were built and were used by the Royal Air Force in Malaya during the Malayan Emergency and Kenya until replaced by the de Havilland Hornet in Malaya and the English Electric Canberra jet bomber elsewhere.