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==Survivors== ===Museum display=== [[File:A8-328-A8-39 (16638727051).jpg|thumb|''A8-328'' at the Australian National Aviation Museum, 2014]] [[File:RAF Museum London IMG 9888 (33392475493).jpg|thumb|''RD253'', RAF Museum, 2017]] [[File:2017-12-07 15-18-47.D200.Wright-Patterson USAF Musem.4.hdr.jpg|thumb|Beaufighter Mk.Ic ''A19-43'', National Museum of the United States Air Force, 2017]] ;Australia * Beaufighter Mk.XXI ''A8–186'' – Built in Australia in 1945, ''A8–186'' saw service with [[No. 22 Squadron RAAF]] at the very end of World War 2. After spending some years on a farm in New South Wales, it was bought in 1965 by the Camden Museum of Aviation, a private aviation museum at [[Camden Airport (Sydney)|Camden Airport]], Sydney Australia. It was restored using parts gathered from a wide variety of sources and wears "Beau-gunsville" nose art. (They also have a complete nose section that was found at a Sydney Railway workshops and acquired by the museum; see "Harry's Baby", below.<ref>{[http://camdenmuseumofaviation.com.au/aircraft_collection_details.asp?id=10 "Beaufighter 156 Mark 21 A8-186."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409001658/http://camdenmuseumofaviation.com.au/aircraft_collection_details.asp?id=10 |date=9 April 2013 }} ''Camden Museum of Aviation''. Retrieved: 27 March 2013.</ref> * Beaufighter Mk.XXI ''A8–328'' – This Australian–built aircraft is displayed at the [[Australian National Aviation Museum]] near Melbourne as ''A8-39/EH-K''. Completed on the day the Pacific War ended, it saw post-war service as a target-tug.<ref>[http://www.aarg.com.au/beaufighter.htm "DAP Mark 21 Beaufighter, A8–328."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403130047/http://www.aarg.com.au/beaufighter.htm |date=3 April 2007 }} ''Australian National Aviation Museum''. Retrieved: 27 March 2013.</ref> * Beaufighter Mk.XXI ''A8-386'' – nose section only, displayed at the Camden Museum of Aviation with "Harry's Baby" nose art.<ref>[http://warbirdregistry.org/beaufighterregistry/beaufighter-a8386.html "Beaufighter/A8-386."] ''beaufighterregistry''. Retrieved: 3 April 2015.</ref> ;United Kingdom * Beaufighter TF.X, ''RD253'' – Displayed at the [[Royal Air Force Museum]] in London, this aircraft flew with the [[Portuguese Air Force]] as ''BF-13'' in the late 1940s. It was used as an instructional airframe before its return to the UK in 1965. Restoration was completed in 1968, using components scavenged from a wide variety of sources, including some parts recovered from a crash site.<ref>Simpson, Andrew. [http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/collections/74-A-13-Beaufighter-X-RD253.pdf "Individual History: Bristol Beaufighter TF Mark X RD253/BF-13/7931M."] ''Royal Air Force Museum''. Retrieved: 27 March 2013.</ref> * Beaufighter TF.X ''RD220'' – This aircraft is currently displayed while under restoration at the [[National Museum of Flight]] at East Fortune Airfield, east of Edinburgh. Post-war, it served with the Portuguese naval air arm. After passing through the hands of the Portuguese ''[[Museu do Ar]]'' and the [[South African Air Force Museum]], it was acquired by National Museums Scotland in 2000.<ref>[http://www.nms.ac.uk/our_museums/museum_of_flight/things_to_see_and_do/aircraft/1939-1945/beaufighter.aspx "Bristol Beaufighter TF.X."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327203543/http://www.nms.ac.uk/our_museums/museum_of_flight/things_to_see_and_do/aircraft/1939-1945/beaufighter.aspx |date=27 March 2013 }} ''National Museums Scotland''. Retrieved: 27 March 2013.</ref> ;United States * Beaufighter Mk.Ic ''A19-43''<ref>[http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1294014/ "Bristol Beaufighter IC, A19-43 / T5049 / Night Mare, National Museum of the United States Air Force."] ''Air-Britain Photographic Images Collection''. Retrieved: 27 March 2013.</ref> – On public display at the [[National Museum of the United States Air Force]], [[Dayton, Ohio]], since October 2006. Although flown in combat in the south-west Pacific by [[No. 31 Squadron RAAF|31 Squadron]] [[Royal Australian Air Force]], ''A19-43'' is painted as ''T5049'', ''Night Mare'', a USAAF Beaufighter flown by Capt. Harold Augspurger, commander of the 415th Night Fighter Squadron, who shot down a [[Heinkel He 111]] carrying German staff officers in September 1944. The Beaufighter was recovered from a dump at [[Nhill]], Australia, in 1971, where it had been abandoned in 1947. It was acquired by the USAF Museum in 1988.<ref>[http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/beaufighter/A19-43.html "Bristol Beaufighter Mark Ic Serial Number A19-43."] ''Pacificwrecks.com'', 26 July 2011. Retrieved: 28 March 2013.</ref> ===Under restoration or stored=== [[File:A19-144 A8-324 Bristol Beaufighter (9460730110).jpg|thumb|''A19-144'', at the [[Imperial War Museum Duxford]] (2013)]] * Beaufighter Mk.Ic ''A19-144'' – Owned by [[The Fighter Collection]] at the [[Imperial War Museum Duxford]], this aircraft has been undergoing a lengthy restoration to flying status for many years. It is a composite aircraft built using parts from ''JM135/A19-144'' and ''JL946/A19-148''.<ref>[http://warbirdregistry.org/beaufighterregistry/beaufighter-jm135.html "Beaufighter/JM135."] ''warbirdregistry.org''. Retrieved: 3 April 2015.</ref> * Beaufighter Mk.IF ''X7688'' – Owned by the [[Historical Aircraft Restoration Society]] (HARS) in Australia, this aircraft is being restored to fly. It will be a composite airframe based on X7688 (forward fuselage and center-section), with parts from other aircraft. * Beaufighter TF.X ''RD867'' – In storage at the [[Canada Aviation Museum]], ''RD867'' awaits restoration. It is a semi-complete RAF restoration but lacks engines, cowlings or internal components. It was received from the RAF Museum in exchange for a [[Bristol Bolingbroke]] in 1969. ===Known wrecks=== A number of sunken aircraft are known; in 2005, the wreck of a Beaufighter (probably a Mk.IC flown by Sgt Donald Frazie and navigator Sgt Sandery of No. 272 Squadron RAF) was identified about {{convert|0.5|mi|km|adj=on}} off the north coast of Malta. The aircraft ditched in March 1943, after an engine failure occurred soon after take-off and lies inverted on the sea bed, in {{convert|38|m|ft}} of water.<ref>Trzcinski, Marcin. {{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20130928055402/http://www.divernetxtra.com/wrecks/1105beaufighter.shtml "On! On!"]}} ''Diver'', 2005. Retrieved: 3 April 2015.</ref> Another Mediterranean wreck lies in {{convert|34|m|ft}} of water near the Greek island of [[Paros]].<ref>[http://www.parosadventures.com/activities/beaufighter-wreck/ "Beaufighter Wreck Paros"]. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904044802/http://www.parosadventures.com/activities/beaufighter-wreck/ |date=4 September 2013 }} Paros Adventures. Retrieved: 28 March 2013.</ref> This is possibly Beaufighter TF.X ''LX998'' of [[603 Squadron]], which was shot down after destroying a German [[Arado Ar 196]] during an anti-shipping mission in November 1943. The Australian crew survived and were rescued by a British submarine. A Mk.VIC Beaufighter, serial A19-130, lies in {{convert|204|ft|m}} of water, just off the coast of [[Fergusson Island]] in the western Pacific. It was lost in almost identical circumstances to the Malta aircraft – it ditched in August 1943 after an engine failure soon after takeoff. The aircraft sank within seconds, but both crew and their passenger escaped and swam to shore. The wreck was located in 2000.<ref>[http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/beaufighter/A19-130.html "Bristol Beaufighter Mark VIc Serial Number A19-130"]. Pacificwrecks.com, 26 July 2011. Retrieved: 27 March 2013.</ref> A Beaufighter lies at a depth of around 30 metres in the Høydalsfjorden in Norway. This aircraft was shot-down on 7 February 1945, during a strike against German shipping that resulted in a dogfight with German aircraft with heavy losses, known as [[Black Friday (1945)|Black Friday]]. The wreck has become a [[dive site]] for recreational divers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dive Bergen |url=http://www.divenorway.com/dive_bergen.html |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=www.divenorway.com}}</ref> In May 2020, the wreck of a Beaufighter TF.X, believed to be ''JM333'' of No. 254 Squadron, was uncovered by shifting sands on [[Cleethorpes]] beach near [[Grimsby]]. The aircraft was ditched on 21 April 1944 after suffering a double engine failure shortly after takeoff from North Coates. The crew survived uninjured.<ref>[https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/hidden-wreck-raf-beaufighter-emerges-4165555 "Hidden Wreck of RAF Fighter Emerges from Sands on Cleethorpes Beach"]. Grimsby Live, 28 May 2020. Retrieved: 1 June 2020.</ref>
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