Short Stirling

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The Short Stirling was a British four‑engined heavy bomber used by the Royal Air Force during World War II, notable as the RAF’s first operational four‑engined bomber.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of the Short Stirling (The Short Stirling was a British four‑engined heavy bomber used by the Royal Air Force during World War II, notable as the RAF’s first operational four‑engined bomber.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II aircraft ⓘ
four‑engined bomber ⓘ
heavy bomber ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
armament machine guns in dorsal turret ⓘ
machine guns in nose turret ⓘ
machine guns in tail turret ⓘ
ventral gun positions ⓘ
bombLoad_kg 6350 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 7 ⓘ
designedBy Arthur Gouge ⓘ
designedToSpecification Air Ministry Specification B.12/36 ⓘ
emptyWeight_kg 16390 ⓘ
engineModel Bristol Hercules ⓘ
engineType radial piston engine ⓘ
enteredSquadronServiceWith No. 7 Squadron RAF ⓘ
firstFlight 1939-05-14 ⓘ
firstOperationalUseYear 1941 ⓘ
grossWeight_kg 31750 ⓘ
height_m 6.9 ⓘ
introduced 1941 ⓘ
landingGear retractable conventional landing gear ⓘ
length_m 26.6 ⓘ
manufacturer Short Brothers ⓘ
maximumSpeed_kmh 454 ⓘ
notableAs RAF’s first operational four‑engined bomber ⓘ
numberOfEngines 4 ⓘ
operator No. 149 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 15 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 7 Squadron RAF ⓘ
powerplant 4 × Bristol Hercules radial engines ⓘ
primaryRole strategic bombing ⓘ
retiredFromRAF 1946 ⓘ
roleChangeLaterWar airborne forces support ⓘ
mine‑laying ⓘ
special operations support ⓘ
secondaryRole glider tug ⓘ
paratroop transport ⓘ
transport aircraft ⓘ
serviceCeiling_m 5000 ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tailwheel ⓘ
usedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
Royal New Zealand Air Force ⓘ
South African Air Force ⓘ
wingConfiguration mid‑wing monoplane ⓘ
wingspan_m 30.2 ⓘ

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H2S radar → usedOnAircraft → Short Stirling ⓘ
Operation Hydra → aircraftUsed → Short Stirling ⓘ
Short Brothers → notableProduct → Short Stirling ⓘ
Short Brothers → notableProduct → Short Bomber (Stirling) for RAF ⓘ
linked to: Short Stirling
No. 38 Group RAF → aircraftTypeOperated → Short Stirling ⓘ
RAF Marham → homeToAircraftType → Short Stirling (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Short Stirling
Halifax Mk III → contemporaryOf → Short Stirling ⓘ
Bristol Hercules → usedInAircraft → Short Stirling ⓘ
Bristol Hercules → usedOnAircraft → Short Stirling ⓘ
subject linked to: Bristol Hercules radial engine
Airspeed Horsa → towedBy → Short Stirling ⓘ
subject linked to: Airspeed Horsa glider
Handley Page Hampden → replacedBy → Short Stirling ⓘ
RAF Pathfinder Force → aircraftUsed → Short Stirling ⓘ
No. 7 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Short Stirling ⓘ
Arthur Gouge → notableWork → Short S.29 Stirling heavy bomber design ⓘ
linked to: Short Stirling
bombing of Peenemünde → aircraftUsed → Short Stirling bombers ⓘ
linked to: Short Stirling
No. 15 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Short Stirling ⓘ
No. 46 Group RAF → aircraftTypeOperated → Short Stirling (transport variants) ⓘ
linked to: Short Stirling
No. 216 Squadron RAF → operatedAircraft → Short Stirling (transport variant) ⓘ
linked to: Short Stirling
Bomber Command → aircraftUsed → Short Stirling ⓘ
Bristol radial engine family → powered → Short Stirling (selected variants) ⓘ
linked to: Short Stirling
Handley Page Halifax → contemporaryOf → Short Stirling ⓘ
subject linked to: Halifax
No. 214 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Short Stirling ⓘ
bombing of Cologne → aircraftUsed → Short Stirling ⓘ
RAF Witchford → primaryAircraft → Short Stirling ⓘ