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Bristol Brigand information


Type 164 Brigand
Brigand T.4 in 1948
Role Anti-shipping torpedo bomber, ground attack/dive bomber
National origin United Kingdom
Manufacturer Bristol Aeroplane Company
First flight 4 December 1944
Introduction June 1946
Retired 1958
Primary user Royal Air Force
Number built 147
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.

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