Tribute to the Beaufighter Crews of No.89 Sqn by Ivan Berryman. SIG1557 and though the Allied pilots

and though the Allied pilots usually gained the upper hand in these encounters

Although suffering from influenza and fatigue and on his third sortie of the day

For so large a machine

and both have continued to capture the imagination of aviation enthusiasts ever since

Tribute to the Beaufighter Crews of No.89 Sqn by Ivan Berryman. SIG1557 and though the Allied pilotsDHM6350. Tribute to the Beaufighter Crews of No. 89 Sqn by Ivan Berryman. Flying from their bases at Bu Amud in Egypt and Benina and Castel Benito in Libya, 89 Sqn's Bristol Beaufighter night fighters were kept busy in the early months of 1943 against Axis intruders who had been forced into night bombing missions by the total air supremacy of the Allied air forces. Here, a trio of Mk 1Fs bask in a glorious evening cloudscape, the nearest aircraft