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Description: | 21st April 1927
This photograph shows a Hawker Horsley bomber in flight. It was one of a series of 112 built between July 1926 and November 1931 by H.G. Hawker Engineering Co Ltd, Kingston Surrey. It was named after 'Horsley Towers' the former residence of Harry Hawker. The first bombers in MK1 1 were of all wooden construction, as is the one seen here. They could reach a maximum speed of 126mph and climb 15,000 feet in 23 mins. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Hawker Horsley RAF | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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