Armstrong Whitworth Whitley

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The Armstrong Whitworth Whitley was a British twin‑engine heavy bomber used primarily by the Royal Air Force in the early years of World War II for night bombing and maritime patrol missions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf heavy bomber ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
twin‑engine bomber ⓘ
armament machine guns in dorsal turret ⓘ
machine guns in nose turret ⓘ
machine guns in tail turret ⓘ
bombLoad up to 7,000 lb of bombs ⓘ
category World War II British bomber ⓘ
twin‑engine military aircraft ⓘ
construction all‑metal ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 5 ⓘ
designer John Lloyd ⓘ
designFeature geodetic‑inspired stressed‑skin structure ⓘ
long, slab‑sided fuselage ⓘ
developedFrom Armstrong Whitworth A.W.23 design studies ⓘ
engineType piston engine ⓘ
firstFlight 1936-03-17 ⓘ
firstOperationalUse 1939 ⓘ
firstUnitEquipped No. 10 Squadron RAF ⓘ
fuselageType semi‑monocoque ⓘ
introduced 1937 ⓘ
landingGear retractable tailwheel landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft ⓘ
linked to: Armstrong Whitworth
maximumSpeed around 230 mph ⓘ
nicknamed Whitley ⓘ
notableMissionType leaflet‑dropping raids over Germany in 1939 ⓘ
notableUse Coastal Command anti‑submarine patrols ⓘ
early RAF night bombing raids over Germany ⓘ
minelaying operations ⓘ
numberBuilt 1467 ⓘ
operatorRole Bomber Command aircraft ⓘ
Coastal Command aircraft ⓘ
powerplant 2 × Rolls‑Royce Merlin inline engines ⓘ
primaryRole night bomber ⓘ
range around 1,650 miles ⓘ
retired 1945 ⓘ
secondaryRole anti‑submarine warfare aircraft ⓘ
maritime patrol aircraft ⓘ
serviceCeiling around 26,000 ft ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successor Avro Lancaster ⓘ
Handley Page Halifax ⓘ
tailConfiguration twin‑fin tail ⓘ
usedBy Fleet Air Arm ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
usedInConflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
wingConfiguration mid‑wing monoplane ⓘ

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Allied strategic bombers → notableAircraftType → Armstrong Whitworth Whitley ⓘ
Handley Page Hampden → contemporaries → Armstrong Whitworth Whitley ⓘ
No. 106 Squadron RAF → aircraftUsed → Armstrong Whitworth Whitley ⓘ
Bristol radial engine family → powered → Armstrong Whitworth Whitley (selected variants with Pegasus) ⓘ
linked to: Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
Air Ministry Specification B.3/34 → resultedIn → Armstrong Whitworth Whitley ⓘ
Air Ministry Specification B.3/34 → ledToDevelopmentOf → Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bomber ⓘ
linked to: Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
Whitley Mk I → partOf → Armstrong Whitworth Whitley family ⓘ
linked to: Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
Whitley Mk I → developedFrom → Armstrong Whitworth Whitley prototypes ⓘ
linked to: Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
Whitley Mk II → partOf → Armstrong Whitworth Whitley family ⓘ
linked to: Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
Whitley Mk II → airframe → Armstrong Whitworth Whitley ⓘ
Whitley Mk III → aircraftFamily → Armstrong Whitworth Whitley ⓘ
John Lloyd → designed → Armstrong Whitworth Whitley ⓘ
Royal Air Force → usedAircraft → Armstrong Whitworth Whitley ⓘ
subject linked to: John Lloyd
John Lloyd → notableWork → Armstrong Whitworth Whitley ⓘ
Whitley Mk IV → aircraftFamily → Armstrong Whitworth Whitley ⓘ
Whitley Mk V → aircraftFamily → Armstrong Whitworth Whitley ⓘ
Whitley Mk VII → partOf → Armstrong Whitworth Whitley family ⓘ
linked to: Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
No. 158 Squadron RAF → aircraftUsed → Armstrong Whitworth Whitley ⓘ
No. 4 Group RAF → aircraftOperated → Armstrong Whitworth Whitley ⓘ
Fairey Hendon → replacedBy → Armstrong Whitworth Whitley ⓘ
Handley Page Heyford → successor → Armstrong Whitworth Whitley ⓘ
No. 76 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Armstrong Whitworth Whitley ⓘ
Armstrong Siddeley Tiger → application → Armstrong Whitworth Whitley ⓘ