The Handley Page V/1500 was a large four-engined biplane night bomber built by Handley Page near the end of the First World War. It looked like a bigger version of the company's earlier O/100 and O/400 bombers and was meant to reach Berlin from airfields in East Anglia, with a bomb load of about 1,400 kilograms in the original Air Board requirement. The first prototype was built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast and first flew on 22 May 1918, and only about 40 aircraft were completed out of orders for 210. Three reached No. 166 Squadron in October 1918, but the armistice came before any raid on Germany. Afterwards a V/1500 made the first through-flight from England to India, another bombed Kabul during the Third Anglo-Afghan War in 1919, and one named Atlantic was shipped to Newfoundland for a transatlantic attempt. The Vickers Vimy eventually replaced the type in service.
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The Handley Page V/1500 was a British night-flying heavy bomber built by Handley Page towards the end of the First World War.
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The Handley Page V/1500 was a British night-flying heavy bomber built by Handley Page towards the end of the First World War.
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Development and design, first flight
Owing to pressure of work at Handley Page's Cricklewood factory and to ensure security, the first prototype was constructed by Harland and Wolff at Belfast, Northern Ireland, being assembled at Cricklewood and first flying on 22 May 1918.
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Powerplant: 4 × Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII V-12 water-cooled piston engines, 375 hp (280 kW) each
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They were eventually replaced in service by the Vickers Vimy.
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The Handley Page V/1500 was a British night-flying heavy bomber built by Handley Page towards the end of the First World War.
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The Handley Page V/1500 was a British night-flying heavy bomber built by Handley Page towards the end of the First World War.
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The Handley Page V/1500 was a British night-flying heavy bomber built by Handley Page towards the end of the First World War.
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