what is it?
The Boulton Paul P.75 Overstrand was a twin-engine biplane medium bomber designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Boulton Paul. It was the final example of a series of biplane medium bombers that had served in the Royal Air Force since the First World War, starting with the likes of the Vickers Vimy and Handley Page Type O. The Overstrand was also the first aircraft to be fitted with a fully-enclosed power-operated turret. First flown in 1933, the Overstrand was essentially an improved model of the Boulton Paul Sidestrand of the 1920s, thus early references to the type referred to it as the Sidestrand Mk IV instead.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · biplane · 22 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 93 years ago, in 1933.
- Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 22 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1933
- introduced
- 1934
- retired
- 1941
- status
- retired
- number built
- 28
- role
- bomber
- makers
- Boulton Paul Aircraft
- engines
- 2× Bristol Pegasus IIM.3
- length
- 14 m
- wingspan
- 22 m
- height
- 4.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 5,412 kg
- top speed
- 238 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 6,492 m
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q895116, Wikipedia: Boulton Paul Overstrand (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.