Armstrong Whitworth A.W.38 Whitley
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| Number built | 1, 814 |
| Primary users | RAF, Fleet Air Arm |
| In service | 1936 |
| Out of service | 1946 |
Remarks
General characteristics
- Crew: five
- Length: 21.49 m
- Wingspan: 25.60 m
- Height: 4.57 m
- Empty weight: 8,754 kg
- Max takeoff weight: 15,195 kg
- Powerplant: 2 x Rolls Royce Merlin liquid cooled V12 engines
- Maximum speed: 370 km/h at 5,000 m
- Range: 2,660 km
- Service ceiling: 7,900 m
- Armament
- Guns: 1 x .303 in Vickers K machine gun in nose turret & 4 x .303 Browning machine guns in tail turret.
- Bombs: up to 3,175 kg in fuselage and 14 in below wings (12 x 113kg and 2 x 227kg)
Crew members
No. 51 Squadron RAF
- Claude Dominic Hemy KIA 3 Aug 1942 Bay of Biscay