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Boulton & Paul P.64 Mailplane Aircraft - photo wallpapers: Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd was a British aircraft manufacturer that operated between 1914 and 1961. The company's origins date back to an ironmonger's shop founded in 1797. By the early 1900s, Boulton & Paul Ltd was a general manufacturing firm based in Norwich, England.
The company mainly built and modified aircraft under contract to other
manufacturers but it had a few notable designs of its own, such as the
ill-conceived Boulton Paul Defiant. In 1915, Boulton & Paul began to construct aircraft under contract including 550 of the Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2b. During the war the company built more Sopwith Camels
than any other manufacturer. Success as a builder of aircraft led to
the company forming a design department but none of its resulting
aircraft made a significant impact while the war lasted. The P.3
Bobolink fighter was overshadowed by the Sopwith Snipe and the Armistice beat the P.7 Bourges fighter-bomber into production. After World War I, Boulton & Paul made their mark with the introduction of powered and enclosed defensive machine gun turrets for bombers. Their Sidestrand twin-engined biplane bomber, which could fly at 140 mph, had an exposed nose turret which was clearly inadequate. The subsequent Overstrand bomber featured the world's first enclosed, power-operated turret, mounting a single Lewis gun
and propelled by compressed air. The company licensed a French design
of an electro-hydraulic four-gun turret which became a major feature of
their future production. In addition to fitting turrets to bombers,
Boulton Paul was to install them in fighters. Boulton Pauls aircraft were flown out of Mousehold Heath an area which became the first Norwich Airport. In 1934, Boulton & Paul sold their aircraft division which became Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd, based in Wolverhampton from 1936. The first "turret" fighter to be built wa...
Boulton & Paul P.64 Mailplane Aircraft - photo wallpapers: Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd was a British aircraft manufacturer that operated between 1914 and 1961. The company's origins date back to an ironmonger's shop founded in 1797. By the early 1900s, Boulton & Paul Ltd was a general manufacturing firm based in Norwich, England.
The company mainly built and modified aircraft under contract to other
manufacturers but it had a few notable designs of its own, such as the
ill-conceived Boulton Paul Defiant. In 1915, Boulton & Paul began to construct aircraft under contract including 550 of the Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2b. During the war the company built more Sopwith Camels
than any other manufacturer. Success as a builder of aircraft led to
the company forming a design department but none of its resulting
aircraft made a significant impact while the war lasted. The P.3
Bobolink fighter was overshadowed by the Sopwith Snipe and the Armistice beat the P.7 Bourges fighter-bomber into production. After World War I, Boulton & Paul made their mark with the introduction of powered and enclosed defensive machine gun turrets for bombers. Their Sidestrand twin-engined biplane bomber, which could fly at 140 mph, had an exposed nose turret which was clearly inadequate. The subsequent Overstrand bomber featured the world's first enclosed, power-operated turret, mounting a single Lewis gun
and propelled by compressed air. The company licensed a French design
of an electro-hydraulic four-gun turret which became a major feature of
their future production. In addition to fitting turrets to bombers,
Boulton Paul was to install them in fighters. Boulton Pauls aircraft were flown out of Mousehold Heath an area which became the first Norwich Airport. In 1934, Boulton & Paul sold their aircraft division which became Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd, based in Wolverhampton from 1936. The first "turret" fighter to be built wa...
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