Britain Between the Wars - Armstrong Whitworth Whitley 03.jpg (1/1)

On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:36:04 -0500, thund3rstruck wrote
(in article ):

Peter Twydell wrote:
In message , Mitchell
Holman writes


[ A UUEncoded file (Armstrong Whitworth Whitley 03.jpg) was included
here. ]


The nose markings indicate this is or was an operational bomber, in the
war rather than before it. Can't read the serial number, so no further
details from me.

Nice photo, all the same, as are the others. Thanks!

No idea when this design flew,

In service in 1937.

but could it have been used in the
Spanish Civil War?

Britain didn't send aircraft to the Spanish Civil War, and in any case those
are Bomber Command markings from about 1940-1. Note the overall paint scheme:
black undersides, two tone (presumably green and brown) in a very thin layer
topsides, relatively wide yellow circle outside the blue-white-red RAF
roundel on the fuselage. By 1942 the yellow circle was (usually) thiner. (Of
course, some older aircraft still had the old-style roundels and paint job,
and this particular aircraft has been on several dozen operations if the bomb
symbols on the nose are any indication.)

I know several countries helped one side or the other
before WWII...

That would be Italy and Germany on one side, and the Soviet Union on the
other.