Unlike the Beaufort, the Beaufighter had a long career and served in almost all theatres of war in the Second World War, first as a night fighter, then as a fighter-bomber and eventually replacing the Beaufort as a torpedo bomber.
ຊຶ່ງແຕກຕ່າງຈາກ Beaufort, ບິວໄຟເຕີໄດ້ມີການເຮັດວຽກທີ່ຍາວນານແລະໄດ້ຮັບຜິດຊອບໃນເກືອບລະຄອນທັງຫມົດຂອງສົງຄາມໃນປາງສົງຄາມໂລກຄັ້ງທີສອງ, ຄັ້ງທໍາອິດເປັນ fighter ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ, ຫຼັງຈາກນັ້ນເປັນ bomber fighter ແລະໃນທີ່ສຸດແທນທີ່ Beaufort ເປັນ bomber torpedo.