Hawker Henley

The Hawker Henley was a British two-seat aircraft derived from the Hawker Hurricane that served the Royal Air Force as a target tug in the Second World War. It was designed to Air Ministry Specification P.4/34 for a light dive-bomber and shared its outer wing panels and tailplanes with the Hurricane, using a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine. The prototype first flew at Brooklands on 10 March 1937 and reached 300 miles per hour, but the dive-bomber requirement was dropped and the type was never fitted for that role. Gloster built 200 production Henleys, which went to bombing and gunnery schools, where engine failures were frequent unless towing speed was kept low.