The Westland Yeovil was a British biplane bomber designed and built by Westland Aircraft in 1923 to meet Air Ministry Specification 26/23 for a single-engined day bomber. It was powered by a nose-mounted 665 hp Rolls-Royce Condor IIIA piston engine fitted with a Leitner-Watts metal propeller. The first prototype, J7508, made its first flight in 1925 from RAF Andover with Captain Frank Courtney as test pilot. It went to RAF Martlesham Heath for evaluation against the Hawker Horsley and the Bristol Berkeley that had been built to the same specification. After the trials the Yeovil and the Berkeley were not ordered into production, while the Horsley had already been given a contract against a different specification.
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The Westland Yeovil was a British biplane bomber
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made its first flight in 1925
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665 hp (496 kW) Rolls-Royce Condor IIIA piston engine
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The prototype was delivered to RAF Martlesham Heath for evaluation
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The Westland Yeovil was a British biplane bomber designed and built by Westland Aircraft in 1923
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