Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Boulton Paul Defiant

Two-seat RAF turret fighter later used as a night fighter and target tug.

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    1:37:55A turret-armed Defiant design in Hearts of Iron IVNotable Point
  2. Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword
    52:34A mass radar-directed Defiant night-fighter forceNotable Point
  3. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    1:14:04The Defiant P.94 as a missed naval aviation optionQ&A
  4. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    1:23:53Why turret fighters worked better at night than by dayQ&A
  5. A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 1941
    12:31Boulton Paul Defiant production and Far East fighter shortagesNotable Point
  6. Turreted Fighter: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p4/7
    5:08Defiant night fighter and Beaufighter replacementNotable Point
  7. Part 1 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    2:24Defining the early jet-age transitionChapter
  8. The Fairey Story Anew...
    7:19The Blackburn Roc answers the call for a navalized DefiantQ&A
  9. The Fairey Story Anew...
    18:29Turret-fighter firing geometry leaves the aircraft exposedNotable Point
  10. Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)
    1:33:37The Roc and the cost of the turret-fighter conceptNotable Point
  11. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    14:44The heavy-fighter concept before its combat testNotable Point
  12. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    21:44The Defiant and Hurricane in their useful rolesNotable Point