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2 unusual facts about Handley Page Type O


Drift Sight

By 1917 it was in widespread use in the RNAS, and was selected for the Handley Page O/400 bomber in RFC service as well.

Robert D. Knapp

Knapp went to the United Kingdom with his unit, the 92d Aero Squadron (Bombardment), in August 1918, but failed to see action in World War I due to a late shipment of propellers for his unit's Handley Page O/400 bombers.


No. 40 Wing RAF

Augmented by a giant Handley Page bomber, No. 40 Wing took part in the Battle of Megiddo, General Allenby's final offensive in Palestine, where its units inflicted "wholesale destruction" on Turkish columns through sustained aerial assaults.

No. 97 Squadron RAF

The squadron was initially a training unit until moving to Netheravon in March 1918, and re-equipping with the Handley Page O/400 heavy bomber.


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