WESTLAND "WHIRLWINDS" - Photographs showing the Westland "Whirlwind" a twin engined single-seat monoplane fighter now operating with the It is fitted with two Rolls-Royce "Peregrine" engines, each of 850 and its armament consists of four 20mm cannons mounted in the nose. The span is 45 ft. - length 32 ft. 3 inches, and height 10 ft. 6 inches. An interesting feature is the tail unit, the tail planes being placed well above the line of the fuselage and set in the high fin towards its upper extremity. The range of this fighter was indicated by the announcement in August 1941 that "whi
WESTLAND "WHIRLWINDS" - Photographs showing the Westland "Whirlwind" a twin engined single-seat monoplane fighter now operating with the It is fitted with two Rolls-Royce "Peregrine" engines, each of 850 and its armament consists of four 20mm cannons mounted in the nose. The span is 45 ft. - length 32 ft. 3 inches, and height 10 ft. 6 inches. An interesting feature is the tail unit, the tail planes being placed well above the line of the fuselage and set in the high fin towards its upper extremity. The range of this fighter was indicated by the announcement in August 1941 that "whirlwinds" had formed part of the escort to the bomber force as far as Antwerp during the great daylight raid on Cologne. Picture issued 1942. Ground view of the Whirlwind Royal Air Force
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