Clearly designed to a multi-purpose requirement, Specification G.4/31. The private venture Vickers PVO-9 monoplane prototype, which was present here at the 1935 RAF Pageant too with new type number 4, was found to be superior, and became the Wellesley.

A nice shot of the brand new Bombay prototype at the 1935 RAF Display at Hendon.

The Bombay prototype first flew on 23 June 1935. 'Within a few days, it was proudly on display at the annual RAF Hendon air display, wearing a large number 9 painted on the side so that visitors could identify it from the list of new types in the official printed programme.' Is this Hendon or the Bristol airfield at Filton? Photo from: Smithsonian Institution