Aircraft Photo of F-1 | Fairey G.4/31 Mk2 | AirHistory.net #579450
Location
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
 
Photo Date:1934
Photo from:Peter de Jong Collection
Photo ID: 579450
Photo Comment

Multirole aircraft for reconnaissance, bombing, torpedo bombing and casualty evacuation. Pilot's cockpit slightly offset to port to allow medical attendant to move to forward casualty cabin which doubled as station for navigator or bombardier. Sole prototype first flown 29 March 1934. By late June it was in the depicted Mk 2 bomber form with Tiger engine, lengthened fuselage and wheel spats. Wears Fairey test reg F-1. A Russian website seems to confirm c/n F.1926 on tail. Number 12 probably for Hendon display. RAF serial K3905 allocated. Specification won by Vickers 253 biplane, but Wellesley developed instead.

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