From Goulding and Moyes ‘RAF Bomber Command and its Aircraft, 1936-1940.
During 1935 the Royal Aircraft establishment at Farnborough undertook a series of hypothetical design studies of high speed twin-engned medium bombers for the Directorate of Technical Development. These designs were investigated to give the DTD information on possible future trends in bomber design, which would assist in formulating new specifications.
Two of the designs considered what performance would result from the installation of two Rolls Royce Merlin engines of 1,000hp each in a bomber of approximately 60ft span and a length of 37.5ft – one with gun turret armament for defence and the other a smooth unarmed aircraft relying on speed for defence. It was considered that, at an all-up weight of 18,000lb, it would be possible to achieve a speed of 329mph in the case of the latter design, while the addition of turret armament would reduce the speed by 14mph. It was consider that the unarmed bomber would be able to fly for 1,320 miles when carrying a bombload of 1,750lb.
No drawings unfortunately.