Avro 549 Aldershot

Avro 549 Aldershot Photo Gallery

When it first appeared in 1922, the Avro 549 Aldershot was one of the first bombers used by the RAF after WW I. Being a single-engine heavy bomber, it's adoption was short lived and replaced in January 1926 by the twin-engine Handley Page Hyderabad. In RAF service with only No. 99 Squadron, it was mainly employed as a night bomber. In all, seventeen aircraft were produced and later versions, known as the Mk IV were powered with the 1,000 hp Napier Cub engine and were fitted with a four-wheel undercarriage.

Avro 549 Aldershot	Photo Gallery

When it first appeared in 1922, the Avro 549 Aldershot was one of the first bombers used by the RAF after WW I. Being a single-engine heavy bomber, it's adoption was short lived and replaced in January 1926 by the twin-engine Handley Page Hyderabad. In RAF service with only No. 99 Squadron, it was mainly employed as a night bomber. In all, seventeen aircraft were produced and later versions, known as the Mk IV were powered with the 1,000 hp Napier Cub engine and were fitted with a four-wheel undercarriage.

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