A panel member recalls a narrower fighter version and a stockier bomber-oriented variation of the Beaufighter. Another participant initially identifies the distinction with Beaufort and Beaufighter, which the first rejects. The recollection instead concerns less-developed variations within the Beaufighter design, using existing production jigs. The TF version then supplies a separate example, with the claim that it could release a torpedo while rolling. The passage does not supply firm designations for the proposed narrow and broad fuselage variants.
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Beaufighter variant recollections and torpedo-release capability
Speculative Beaufighter variations are distinguished from its Beaufort ancestry, followed by the TF version.