Handley Page Heyford

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The Handley Page Heyford was a British twin-engine biplane heavy bomber of the 1930s, notable as one of the last biplane bombers to serve with the Royal Air Force before being replaced by more modern monoplane designs.

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Handley Page Heyford canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biplane
heavy bomber
military aircraft
twin‑engine aircraft
aircraftCategory bomber aircraft
airframeFeature fixed undercarriage
open cockpits in early variants
bombLoad up to 3,500 lb of bombs
configuration twin‑engine biplane
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
crew 4
engineType Rolls‑Royce Kestrel NERFINISHED
firstFlight 12 June 1930
height 17 ft 6 in
about 5.33 m
introducedAs replacement for earlier RAF heavy bombers
length 58 ft 8 in
about 17.88 m
manufacturer Handley Page NERFINISHED
maximumSpeed about 142 mph
about 229 km/h
notableAs one of the last biplane bombers in RAF service
operatedBy Royal Air Force
powerplant 2 × Rolls‑Royce Kestrel V inline engines
primaryUser Royal Air Force
range about 1,480 km
about 920 miles
retired late 1930s
role heavy bomber
night bomber
serviceEntry 1933
status retired from military service
successor Armstrong Whitworth Whitley NERFINISHED
Handley Page Hampden NERFINISHED
Vickers Wellington NERFINISHED
usedByUnit No. 10 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED
No. 102 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED
No. 148 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED
No. 166 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED
No. 185 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED
No. 38 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED
No. 502 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED
No. 7 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED
No. 78 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED
No. 9 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED
No. 99 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED
usedFor training in later service life
usedInPeriod interwar period
wingspan 75 ft
about 22.86 m

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No. 100 Squadron RAF aircraftOperated Handley Page Heyford
No. 83 Squadron RAF aircraftOperated Handley Page Heyford
No. 7 Squadron RAF aircraftOperated Handley Page Heyford