Aeroplanes

If you were asked to name a cannon-armed, twin-engine heavy fighter in service with one of the combatant nations during the Battle of Britain, you would

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A Blue Danube Mark 1 bomb drops away from a Vickers Valiant B.1 bomber. (Ministry of Defense) 11 October 1956: At 3:27 p.m., local time, (05:57 GMT) a Mk.1 Atom Bomb, code-named Blue Danube, detonated at approximately 490 feet (150 meters) over the Kite Site on the Maralinga Test Range, South Australia. The bomb had been dropped from a Royal Air Force Vickers Valiant B.1 bomber, WZ366, flying at 30,000 feet (9,144 meters). The aircraft commander was Squadron Leader E.J.G. (“Ted”) Flavell…

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Vickers Valiant type 660 prototype

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Ed Coates writes: Looks like a Defiant, doesn't it? Well, the Hotspur was actually a Henley converted to meet the same spec (F9/35) as the Defiant. However, by the time that the Hotspur was completed (1938) the Defiant had already flown, and contracts already let to Boulton & Paul, hence the entire Hotspur project was abandoned. In any case, Hawkers were far too busy ramping up for Hurricane production at the time. Just as well, since the turret fighter concept was a dismal failure. K8309…

Martin Baker M.B.-2

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Photos of the Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle a British twin-engine transport aircraft that entered service during the Second World War