THE WESTLAND "WHIRLWIND", A TWIN-ENGINED SINGLE SEATER MONOPLONE FIGHTER NOW OPERATING WITH THE ...

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Accession Number 012797
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Unknown British Official Photographer
Place made United Kingdom: England
Date made 6 July 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

THE WESTLAND "WHIRLWIND", A TWIN-ENGINED SINGLE SEATER MONOPLONE FIGHTER NOW OPERATING WITH THE R.A.F. THE RANGE OF THIS FIGHTER WAS INDICATED BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN 1941-08, THAT "WHIRLWINDS" HAD FORMED PART OF THE ESCORT TO THE BOMBER FORCE AS FAR AS ANTWERP DURING THE "WHIRLWIND" IN FLIGHT. (NEGATIVE BY B.M.I.).