Fairey is offering refurbished ex-RAF Fairey Battles at cheap prices. Three crew are carried and the armament comprises one 7.7mm MG in the starboard wing and another in a dorsal position, bombload is 1,000lbs. 274 Battles have been built since 1932 and production ended in 1934.
Dimensions; 54/ 42.4/ 15.6/ 422 sq ft; 1x 870hp RR Peregrine I; max speed 244mph; range 1000 miles at 16,000ft at 200mph and service ceiling 25,000ft.
Bristol is offering the Type 142M Blenheim. The aircraft is of all-metal construction with Frise mass-balanced ailerons and split flaps and with a retractable undercarriage. Three crewmen are carried and the armament consists of a 7.7mm Vickers in the port wing and a dorsal turret with twin 7.7mm Vickers ‘K’ guns, bombload is 1,000lbs in an internal bay.
Dimensions; 56.4/ 42.7/ 9.10/ 469 sq ft; 2x 840hp Bristol Mercury VIII; max speed 222mph; range 1,400 miles and service ceiling 22,000ft.
Note that if these are ordered as new aircraft they will be the last off the production line, from then on any future light bomber for the RAF will be either a new type or modified Beauforts.