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The Whitley Mk VII was the final variant to be built. Unlike the other variants, it was developed for service with RAF Coastal Command and was thus furnished for maritime reconnaissance rather than as a general purpose bomber. [13] A Whitley Mk V, P3949 acted as a prototype for this variant.
In March 1936, the first Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bomber aircraft made its maiden flight and a total of 1,814 were produced for the RAF, ending in July 1943. [5] During the war, Armstrong Whitworth also produced 1,328 Avro Lancasters and designed the Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle reconnaissance bomber which was then made by A. W. Hawksley ...
Avro Anson: RAF Hooton Park: No. 209 Squadron RAF: Saro Lerwick: RAF Pembroke Dock: No. 217 Squadron RAF: Avro Anson/Bristol Beaufort: RAF St Eval: No. 236 Squadron RAF: Bristol Blenheim: RAF St Eval: No. 321 (Dutch) Squadron RAF [11] Avro Anson: RAF Carew Cheriton: No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron RAF [2] Blackburn Botha/Armstrong Whitworth Whitley ...
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley (RAF) Avro Anson (RAF, FAA) Boeing Fortress (RAF) Blackburn Botha (RAF) Bristol Beaufort (RAF, FAA) Consolidated Catalina (RAF) Consolidated Liberator (RAF) Fairey Seal (RAF, FAA) obsolete by 1943; Fairey Seafox (FAA) floatplane; Fokker T.VIII (RAF) 1940, ex-Dutch floatplane; Handley Page Hampden (RAF) Lockheed ...
Avro (an initialism of the founder's name) was a British aircraft manufacturer.Its designs include the Avro 504, used as a trainer in the First World War, the Avro Lancaster, one of the pre-eminent bombers of the Second World War, and the delta wing Avro Vulcan, a stalwart of the Cold War.
The origins of the Albemarle can be traced back to the mid-1930s and the issuing of Specification B.9/38 by the British Air Ministry. [3] This sought a twin-engine medium bomber of wood and metal construction, without the use of any light alloys, in order that the aircraft could be readily built by less experienced manufacturers from outside the aircraft industry.
Around the end of April 1943, aircrew training for Armstrong Whitworth Whitley had ended and the unit reorganised its Flights. The Vickers Wellington conversion training was designated ‘A’ Flight, with the two Operational Training flights ‘B’ Flight and ‘D’ Flight. ‘C’ Flight was for the Avro Anson aircrew training. [2]
734 Naval Air Squadron (734 NAS) was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN). It was active between February 1944 and February 1946, formed as a naval Engine Handling Unit and operated solely with Armstrong Whitworth Whitley medium bomber aircraft.