such as the Avro Lancaster and Supermarine Spitfire. Read about British military aircraft that flew between 1930 and 1945 and served with the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm. Each British aircraft profiled

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Avro had also submitted a design to meet Specification P.13/36 and both companies had orders for prototypes placed. While Avro continued with their twin-engined prototype, which would become the Avro

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Halifax four-engined bombers now in service and with the Avro Lancaster entering service the Whitley's time in Bomber Command was coming to an end. Its last official sortie took place on the 29th April

general reconnaissance/bomber aircraft to replace the Avro Anson. For the latter specification the Canadian built Bristol Bolingbroke was earmarked, so Bristol began work on the torpedo bomber. Known

Blackburn along with Avro, Boulton Paul, Hawker and Vickers all submitted designs, however it would be Blackburn's Skua design which would see service and two prototypes were ordered during April 1935.

as a light bomber and was intended to replace the Avro Anson. The design Bristol submitted was based on the Blenheim Mk I and was known as the Type 149. With the installation of Bristol Aquila engines