Bristol Brigand

Type 164 Brigand
Brigand T.4 in 1948
General information
TypeAnti-shipping torpedo bomber, ground attack/dive bomber
National originUnited Kingdom
ManufacturerBristol Aeroplane Company
Primary userRoyal Air Force
Number built147
History
Introduction dateJune 1946
First flight4 December 1944
Retired1958
Developed fromBristol 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.