Beardmore

William Beardmore & Co. had been in business long before the war. In addition to Beardmore engines, the firm was awarded contracts for the R.A.F. B.E.2c. But they also designed a series of their own aeroplanes, none of which were built in large numbers.^[1]

Production Aircraft

Aircraft from the Great War or shortly thereafter include:

Beardmore W.B.III

Prototypes

Beardmore W.B.I ^{[note 1]}
Beardmore W.B.II ^{[note 2]}
Beardmore W.B.IV ^{[note 3]}
Beardmore W.B.V ^{[note 4]}

References

Notes

↑ The prototype WB.I bomber was wrecked in a collision and no further WB.Is were built.^[2]
↑ Three varieties of WB.II reconnaissance planes were built, but none were accepted for production.^[2]
↑ The prototype WB.IV fighter was not completed because standard RFC fighters could meet all requirements.^[2]
↑ The cannon-armed WB.V fighter project was abandoned after the prototype was wrecked in early 1918.^[2]

Citations

↑ Bruce, p.77
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Nowarra, p.116.

Bibliography

J.M. Bruce. British Aeroplanes 1914-18. Great Britain: Funk & Wagnalls, 1957, 1969. ISBN 0370000382
Heinz J. Nowarra, Bruce Robertson, and Peter G. Cooksley. Marine Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Letchworth, Herts, England: Harleyford Publications Limited, 1966. ISBN 0900435070

[3] The prototype WB.I bomber was wrecked in a collision and no further WB.Is were built.^[2]

[4] Three varieties of WB.II reconnaissance planes were built, but none were accepted for production.^[2]

[5] The prototype WB.IV fighter was not completed because standard RFC fighters could meet all requirements.^[2]

[6] The cannon-armed WB.V fighter project was abandoned after the prototype was wrecked in early 1918.^[2]

[1] Bruce, p.77

[Nowarra116-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Nowarra, p.116.

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