Fairey Hendon
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The Fairey Hendon was a British twin-engine monoplane heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the Royal Air Force as one of its early all-metal night bombers.
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heavy bomber
ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ night bomber ⓘ twin‑engine monoplane ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory | bomber aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftType | twin‑engine monoplane ⓘ |
| airframeMaterial | metal ⓘ |
| category | 1930s British bomber aircraft ⓘ |
| construction | all‑metal ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew |
4
ⓘ
5 ⓘ |
| designedFor |
Royal Air Force specification for a night bomber
ⓘ
night bombing ⓘ |
| engineType | piston engine ⓘ |
| enteredServiceAs | one of the first all‑metal night bombers of the RAF ⓘ |
| era | interwar period ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1930 ⓘ |
| introduced | 1936 ⓘ |
| landingGear | fixed tailwheel landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Fairey Aviation Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| powerplant | Rolls‑Royce Kestrel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUser | No. 38 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsionLayout | twin‑engine tractor configuration ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Handley Page Hampden NERFINISHED ⓘ Vickers Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| retired | 1939 ⓘ |
| role | heavy bomber ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| usedBy | Bomber Command NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
operational evaluation
ⓘ
training ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | pre‑Second World War period ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | low‑wing monoplane ⓘ |
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