Vickers Warwick

what is it?

The Vickers Warwick was a British twin-engined bomber aircraft developed and operated during the Second World War that was primarily used in other roles. In line with the naming convention followed by other RAF heavy bombers of the era, it was named after a British city or town, in this case Warwick. The Warwick was the largest British twin-engined aircraft to see use during the Second World War.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 29.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 360 km/htop speed
• size 20.4 tmax take-off weight
• built 846made in total

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 87 years ago, in 1939.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 29.5 m: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1939-08-13

introduced

1942

status

retired

number built

846

role

maritime reconnaissance, air-sea rescue, transport

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

makers

Vickers

engines

2× Pratt & Whitney R-2800/S.1A4-G "Double Wasp"

length

22 m

wingspan

29.5 m

height

5.6 m

max take-off weight

20.4 t

top speed

360 km/h

range

—

ceiling

6,553 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.