Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
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The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.38 Whitley was a British medium/heavy bomber aircraft of the 1930s. It was one of three twin-engined, front line medium bomber types that were in service with the Royal Air
Whitley Mk.V
A Browning machine gun being installed in a Whitley's turret, 1940
Paratroopers inside the fuselage of a Whitley, August 1942
Whitley Mk.V production, 1941
Handley Page Hampden
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The Handley Page HP.52 Hampden was a British twin-engine medium bomber that was operated by the Royal Air Force. It was part of the trio of large twin-engine bombers procured for the RAF, joining the
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
…bomber types that were in service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) at the outbreak of the Second World War. Alongside the Vickers Wellington and the Handley Page Hampden, the Whitley was developed during the mid-1930s according to Air Ministry Specification B.3/34, which it was subsequently selected to meet. In 1937…
Hampden Mk.I of No. 455 Squadron RAAF (May 1942)
Hampden cockpit
A RAAF Hampden of No. 455 Squadron at RAF Wigsley, Nottinghamshire, circa 1942
Aleksandr Zakharovich Stoyanov, commander of the 2nd Squadron, 24th Mine-Torpedo Aviation Regiment, with his crew by one of the Soviet Hampdens