The Boulton-Paul Defiant Turret Fighter: In the 1930s, a new type of tactical thinking emerged within Britain. It was believed that if Germany were to bomb Britain, it would do so via unescorted, long-range bombers operating from airbases within Germany. The fighters of the early 1930s lagged behind the fast and modern bomber designs of the era and thus would not have the ability to escort bombers from Germany to Britain and back. The counter to this perceived threat was a fi