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1941
1941 - 0724.PDF
d FLIGHT, March 27th, 1941. THE NIGHT BOMBER (Continued) EARLY TWIN : (Left) the HandleyPage 0/400 which first flew in December, 1915. Two Rolls-RoyceEagle engines of 360 h.p. each sup- plied the power and gross weight was13,000 lb. Top speed was 95 m.p-h. at sea level. FIGHTER BOMBER : The FJEj.b.was a pusher powered by a 160 h.p. Beardmore engine. It first saw serviceas a fighter when it did excellent work against the Fokker and finished thewar as the standard night bomber. BERLIN BAROUCHE : (Below) Our first four-engined type was the H.P. V/1500. Empty weight i6,ooolb. ; gross weight 3o,ooo)b. Itsmaximum speed was 100 m.p.h. and it dis- tinguished itself by taking 41 people to 8,000ft.The engines were 360 h.p. Rolls-Royce Eagles. yet we started this war without a single machine using shell-guns for ground strafing or any other purpose: One of No. 100 Squadron's earliest and most important jobs was the straf- ing of Douai aerodrome from which Richt- hofen's famous circus operated. For the loss of one F.E. four hangars were destroyed and, since it was unlikely in those days that the machines were at dispersal points, the damage done was probably considerable. No. 10 Squad- ron also did some night work at this period with their B.E.2es. At the same time the Naval Wing were busy, operating from Dunkirk. On the nights of April 4th, 5th and 6th, Short seaplanes attacked the Mole at Zeebrugge with 65-lb. and 520-lb. bombs. The latter were considered enormous at the time. It was noticed during these attacks that the German destroyers put to sea and dropped anchor a mile or two from the shore. A concerted attack was therefore carried out on the night of the seventh. The Short seaplanes attacked at twenty-minute inter- vals, their bomb load varying from one 520- pounder to eight 65- TRANSATLANTIC FLYERProduced just at the close of hostilities, the VickersVimy showed its worth by making the first non-stopcrossing of the Atlantic piloted by the late Sir JohnAlcock. Rolls-Royce Eagle engines of 360 h.p. eachgave a top speed of 103 m.p.h. Disposable load was5,400 lb.
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