The Bristol Type 159, sometimes known as the Beaubomber, was a British design for a four engined heavy bomber by the Bristol Aeroplane Company of Filton, put forward in March 1939 against Air Ministry specification B.1/39 for a heavy bomber to replace the Avro Manchester, Short Stirling and Handley Page Halifax. A low wing monoplane with twin tail, it used mainly Beaufort components, with nosewheel landing gear and a 15,000 lb bomb load stored inside the inner wing, and four Hercules engines that could be swapped for Rolls-Royce Griffons. It passed wind tunnel tests and a full scale mock up was ready by early 1940, but work stopped as production priority went to fighters and the mock up was dismantled in May 1940.
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The Bristol Type 159 was a British design for a four-engined heavy bomber by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, of Filton, Bristol.
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A mock-up was built but the project was cancelled and no aircraft were built.
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