The Westland Westbury was a British twin-engined fighter prototype of 1926, designed by Westland Aircraft to Air Ministry specification 4/24 for a home-defence fighter to defend Britain against night attacks by enemy heavy bombers. In September 1925 the Air Staff amended the specification to call for the 37 mm COW gun and supercharged engines. The Westbury was a twin-engined three-bay biplane of conventional layout, large for its day and remarkably so for a fighter, with 450 hp Bristol Jupiter VI radial engines mounted uncowled on nacelles above the lower wing. It never entered service, but it played a useful part in testing the COW 37 mm gun, and only the two prototypes were completed.
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Designed by Westland Aircraft it never entered service but played a useful role in the testing of the COW 37 mm gun.
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The Westland Westbury was a British twin-engined fighter prototype of 1926.
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450 hp (340 kW) Bristol Jupiter VI air-cooled radial engines
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Designed by Westland Aircraft it never entered service but played a useful role in the testing of the COW 37 mm gun.
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