Air Enthusiast 1972-11 / L.Coombs - Front-office evolution (3)

The Bristol Blenheim provides a good example of the influence of flight deck layout on overall aircraft design. The original Type 142 Blenheim I had a short nose, with the pilot close to the windscreen and no "step".

Flight 1936-09 / Flight

A PIPPIN: The Prototype Bristol Blenheim medium bomber with a pair of the latest Mercury engines, which give 840 h.p. at 14,000 ft. The Blenheim is a direct development of the cabin monoplane Britain First, built for Lord Rothermere and presented to the R.A.F. It is almost certainly the fastest twin-engined bomber in the world

Flight 1937-03 / Flight Advertisements

To represent Great Britain at Paris: The Bristol Blenheim is believed to be the world's fastest bomber.

Flight 1937-08 / Flight

AND AT HOME IN ENGLAND: The Maharajah of Nawanagar, accompanied by the Maharanee, visited the R.A.F. Station at Abingdon. Seen in front of a Bristol Blenheim are (left to right): Wing Comdr. C. E. W. Lockyer, Mrs. Guilfoyle, Air Comdre. Sidney Smith, O.B.E. (A.O.C. No. 1 Bomber Group, who received the visitors), the Maharajah, Mrs. Sidney Smith, P/O. Hull, the Maharanee, Mr. W. Rootes, P/O. Kemp, Mrs. Edelsten, Group Capt. Guilfoyle, O.B.E., M.C., Mrs. Walmsley, Miss Smith, and Wing cdr. H. S. P. Walmsley, O.B.E., M.C., D.F.C. The visitors saw demonstrations by Blenheims and by Hawker Hinds of No. 82 (B.) Squadron.

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Aeroplane Monthly 1984-11 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Probe Probare (8)

The prototype Blenheim, K7033, was first flown on June 25, 1936.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-11 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Probe Probare (8)

The Bristol Blenheim prototype, K7033, photographed late in 1936. The tailwheel has been retouched out. On production Blenheims the tailwheel was locked down.
The prototype Blenheim, K7033, was completed in 1936 and first flown on June 25, from Filton. In November 1940 it became 2373M.

Flight 1936-11 / Flight

The Mercury-engined Bristol Blenheim is the fastest bomber in the world and has been adopted as a standard R.A.F. type.

Flight 1938-01 / Flight Advertisements

Flight 1937-05 / Flight

The Bristol Blenheim bomber indicates the progress made.

Flight 1939-03 / Flight

The first Bristol Blenheim bomber which set a new standard for performance in its category.

Flight 1936-12 / Flight

One of outstanding military types of 1936: The Bristol Blenheim

Air Enthusiast 2001-01 / ??? - Salon Stars

A highly-polished Blenheim I was displayed on the Bristol stand, the prototype having flown on June 25, 1936. Immediately behind is a Praga E.210; to its left a Benes-Mraz Be 550 Bibi and to its right at Letov S.528.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Benes-Mraz Be.550 Bibi - ЧехословакияCzechoslovakia - 1936Letov S-328 / S-528 - ЧехословакияCzechoslovakia - 1932Praga E-210 / E-211 - ЧехословакияCzechoslovakia - 1936

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-11 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Probe Probare (8)

Закончена сборка первого серийного "Бленхейма"
Although the Bristol Blenheim medium bomber is far from being a freak it is attracting as much attention as anything in the Show.
In November 1936 the first production Blenheim, K7034, was exhibited at the Paris Show in the Grand Salon. It was unmarked and the cockpit was sealed.

Flight 1936-11 / Flight

Britain to the Fore: The first machine is the Bristol Blenheim bomber. Behind it is seen the Amiot high-speed, all-metal mail plane.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Amiot Amiot 340/350 - ФранцияFrance - 1937

Flight 1938-06 / Flight

Lighter-and-heavier-than-air Day in the big hangar at Cardington. In this non-stop variety picture are barrage balloons, a Blenheim and a Battle (left), a new Hind Trainer (foreground), Hector, Shark, Swordfish and Cloud (right), not to mention other less discernible aircraft and a goodly proportion of the population of Bedfordshire.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Blackburn Shark / B-6 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1933Fairey Battle - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936Fairey Swordfish - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934Hawker Hector - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936Hawker Hind - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934Saunders-Roe Cloud / A.19 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1930

Flight 1938-06 / Flight

Garden parties at Whitchurch always seem to produce a nice intermingling of people and aeroplanes, with a leavening of motor-car. A local visitor - with civil markings - will be recognised.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-11 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Probe Probare (8)

THE "BRISTOL" BLENHEIM: two “Bristol ” Mercury engines. A mid-wing cantilever monoplane bomber-fighter of the latest type, with accommodation for a crew of three. It is constructed entirely of metal, and is fitted with hydraulically-controlled flaps and retractable undercarriage. It is a super high-speed bomber - the fastest of its class in service anywhere - and is now standard equipment in the R.A.F. Speed 280 m.p.h. at 15,000 feet; range 1,000 miles; load 4,600 lbs.; climb to 20,000 feet in 13 minutes. Designed and constructed by the Bristol Aeroplane Co. Ltd.
Blenheim K7037, the fourth production aircraft, crashed on take-off at RAF Wyton on May 10, 1938.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-12 / B.Robertson - An AID to quality (2)

Camouflage and markings were also a matter for AID checking: not just the disruptive pattern, but the detailed stencilled markings, in black or white to contrast with the background, giving assembly numbers and doping scheme - Cellon X in the case of fifth production Bristol Blenheim I K7037, seen in this view.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1938 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Bristol "Blenheim" High-performance Bomber Monoplane (Two Bristol "Mercury" engines).
A DAZZLER: A production-type Bristol Blenheim medium bomber (two Mercury VIIIs) "dazzle-painted " for entry into the Service. If the "paint-job" is as dazzling as the performance the machine should be practically invisible.

Flight 1939-09 / Flight Advertisements

Air Enthusiast 2007-03 / The Roundels File

STRAIGHT OFF THE LINE: A Bristol Blenheim medium bomber fresh in its camouflage paint. The Blenheim is the fastest machine of its type in the world.
Pre-delivery portrait of Mk.I K7037 (note the hyphenated under wing serial number). This machine was delivered to 114 Squadron - the first RAF unit to use the type operationally - at Wyton on March 4, 1937. Its engine cut out on take-off at Wyton on May 10, 1938, causing it to crash and killing the three people on board.

Air Pictorial 1955-12 / B.Robertson - British military serials - their origin and history (2)

K7054 was a Bristol Blenheim I delivered to No.90 (B) Squadron in June 1937. Consecutive numbering reveals th is to be the 22nd after the first production Blenheim K7033.

Air Enthusiast 2007-03 / The Roundels File

Mk.I K7096 was issued to 30 Squadron at Habbaniya, Iraq, in late 1938. With the Italian invasion of Greece in October 1940, 30 Squadron deployed in defence of that country and it is assumed that K7096 had been lost by April 1941.

Aeroplane Monthly 1980-10 / R.Gillman - Pilot's progress (6)

Until it crashed at Redesdale, Northumberland, on August 30, 1938, Blenheim I K7067 flew with No 90 Squadron, RAF.

Aeroplane Monthly 1980-02 / Gravesend /Gone but not forgotten/ (7)

Bristol Blenheim I K7080 of No 139 Squadron, RAF, (Wyton) in 1938.

Flight 1937-04 / Flight

A DAZZLER: A production-type Bristol Blenheim medium bomber (two Mercury VIIIs) "dazzle-painted" for entry into the Service. If the "paint-job" is as dazzling as the performance the machine should be practically invisible.

Aeroplane Monthly 1980-02 / Gravesend /Gone but not forgotten/ (7)

Bristol Blenheim L1453 of No 29 Squadron, RAF, (Debden) at Gravesend in 1939.

Flight 1937-10 / Flight

General Milch, at Mildenhall, watches a demonstration by a gunner in the rear cockpit of a Bristol Blenheim.

Flight 1938-09 / Flight

MINISTERIAL INTEREST: Sir Kingsley Wood and Sir Edward T. Campbell inspect a Blenheim during a visit last week to the Bristol factory. The group includes Mr. H. J. Pollard (works manager), Mr. W. G. Verdon Smith (chairman), Mr. H. J. Thomas (assistant managing director), and Mr. W. A. Fernie (sales manager). This photograph, incidentally, gives an intimate view of the Blenheim’s nose and one of the 840 h.p. Mercury VIII engines.

Flight 1939-05 / Flight

DIPLOMATIC JOY-RIDE: Looking thoroughly at home in flying kit, M. Gafencu, the Rumanian Foreign Minister, emerges from a Blenheim after a flight at Hornchurch, where he inspected a number of Service types last week.

Flight 1938-12 / Flight

The aerodynamic aspect of radial-engine installation: Bristol Mercury VIII in long-chord cowling, seen with cooling gills closed.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-05 / Personal album

Westland Wapitis and a lone Blenheim I at Risalpur in 1938. Next to the Blenheim is Wapiti K1295, a Mk IIA that spent its entire life with 28 Sqn, being delivered in the winter of 1930-31 and finally struck off RAF charge in February 1940.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Westland Wapiti - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1927

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-01 / L.Coombs - The expanding years 1936-1939 (3)

Blenheim Is of 114 Squadron, based at Wyton. The Squadron took these aircraft to France in December 1939, and returned to the UK in May 1940.
The RAF’s fastest bomber for some years was the Bristol Blenheim, one of the first monoplanes to be ordered under the Expansion Scheme.

Flight 1937-06 / Flight

Machines of our first Blenheim unit - No. 114 (B) Squadron at Wyton. These aircraft are by far the fastest bombers in service anywhere in the world.

Air Pictorial 1988-01 / J.Rawlings - No.29 Squadron - First with Tornado F.3

No. 29 Squadron Bristol Blenheim Is (with "YB" codes) at Debden in the summer of 1939, awaiting their ventral four-gun packs which turned them into Mk.lFs.

Flight 1938-04 / Flight

"IT WAS A FAMOUS VICTORY." The Battle and the Blenheim make an appropriate background for the aircraft apprentices of Halton. The officers' mess is in the distance.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Fairey Battle - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Flight 1939-09 / Flight

GETTING READY FOR ACTION. Refuelling Bristol Blenheims.

Air Enthusiast 2007-03 / The Roundels File

By November 1938 110 Squadron had adopted 'AY-' codes. K7151 ‘N-nuts’ was delivered to 110 at Waddington six days after K7147. Like its sister, it also gravitated to the Isle of Man, this time on December 2, 1939.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-09 / D.Edwards - Flights and frights in the thirties (6)

Two 114 Sqn Blenheim Is seen at RAF Hendon on June 26, 1937. In the background is K7039.

Aeroplane Monthly 1980-07 / R.Gillman - Pilot's progress (3)

Blenheim Is of No 114 Squadron, RAF.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1938 / 02 - The progress of the world in military aviation during the year 1937-38

Bristol "Blenheim" Bombers (Bristol "Mercury") of No. 139 (Bomber) Squadron at Wyton, Hunts.

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-02 / C.Zichy - Twenty six candles

Последние "Бленхеймы" I, 1942г.
A line up of ATA Blenheims at White Waltham in 1942. These were ex-squadron aircraft used by the ATA for training purposes.

Flight 1939-03 / Flight

The Blenheim high-speed bombers fitted with 840 h.p. Bristol Mercury VIII engines awaiting delivery from the company's Filton aerodrome

Flight 1939-01 / Flight

"What! Will the line stretch out to the crack of doom?" (Macbeth) - Some of the Blenheims of No. 90.

Aeroplane Monthly 1986-04 / ??? - Golden Anniversary

Line-up of 604 (County of Middlesex) Squadron Blenheim Is at Northolt in April 1940.

Flight 1938-04 / Flight

This photograph, taken at Hendon before the last R.A.F. display, is a history of production in itself, for the types shown range from the Virginia to modern Expansion bombers.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Handley Page Harrow / H.P.54 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936Vickers Virginia - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1922Vickers Wellesley - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-05 / Hendon /Gone but not forgotten/ (2)

A trio of Bristol Blenheims takes off over a barrage balloon at the Empire Air Day Display in May 1939.

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-04 / L.Coombs - The expanding years 1936-1939 (6)

Over a crowd reminiscent of R.A.F. Display days - A.A.F. Blenheims taking-off at Hendon.
It is May 1939, and three 601 Sqn Blenheims are taking off from RAF Hendon at an Empire Air Day. Four months later they would be doing the same exercise for real.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-11 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Probe Probare (8)

Blenheim I L1515 takes off from Bristol Filton in January 1939. This aircraft flew with 600 Squadron until it went missing over Holland on May 10, 1940.

Flight 1939-08 / Flight

A Blenheim fighter takes off at dawn watched by attendants of a Hurricane.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Hawker Hurricane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

All in the picture: Westland Lysander over Vickers Wellington, and Bristol Blenheim over Fairey P.4/34.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Fairey Fulmar / P.4/34 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937Vickers Wellington / Type 271 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936Westland Lysander - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Aeroplane Monthly 1980-10 / R.Gillman - Pilot's progress (6)

Two Blenheim Is of No 44 Squadron, RAF, up from RAF Wittering in May 1938. Note the small practice bomb racks and the white stowage rack for the battery of Sashalites.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-09 / D.Edwards - Flights and frights in the thirties (6)

Blenheim Is L1113, L1108 and L1131 of 62 Sqn photographed in May 1938.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-12 / L.Coombs - The expanding years 1936-1939 (2)

"Бленхеймы" I из 114-й эскадрильи, 1937г.
QUICK QUINTET: Another Flight aerial photograph of the first Blenheim unit at work. The dark camouflage finish heightens the impressive effect of the picture.
Blenheims of 114 Squadron photographed in 1938. This unit was based at RAF Wyton and, in March 1937, was the first squadron to receive the Blenheim into service. The aircraft nearest the camera, K7045, became an instructional airframe before war was declared.

Flight 1937-06 / Flight

Flight 1939-10 / Flight Advertisements

Aeroplane Monthly 1983-06 / ??? - 'Planes and pyramids

These Bristol Blenheims, were part of a massed flypast over Cairo in May 1940, staged to impress the locals with Britain’s air might.

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-08 / D.Stapleton - "No blame attaches..." (1)

A strike against the Leone by Blenheims of 203 Sqn on April 1 found the destroyer already sunk, and with its lifeboats abandoned.

Flight 1937-06 / Flight

A flight of Bristol Blenheims, 280 m.p.h. bombers

Flight 1939-01 / Flight

An aerial impression of some of the Blenheims of No. 90 (B Squadron in formation.

Flight 1939-05 / Flight

Long-distance formation flights under varying weather conditions are part of the training duties of a bomber squadron as illustrated by this fine impression of Bristol Blenheims.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-11 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Probe Probare (8)

Blenheim Is of 90 Squadron photographed in November 1938. L1284, nearest the camera, later passed to 236 Squadron and then to the Middle East. It was struck off RAF charge in June 1945.

Flight 1939-10 / Flight Advertisements

“Bristol” aircraft have always occupied a premier position in British military aviation. The “Bristol“ Blenheim, combining great structural strength with exceptional speed, range and manoeuvrability, is now an increasingly vital factor in the strength of Britain’s air arm, and has already performed valuable service with the Royal Air Force in high-speed long-range bombing, fighting and reconnaissance.

Aviation Historian 29 / G.Baughen - 1939. Was the RAF ready to war?

The "Bristol" Blenheim, now standard equipment in the R.A.F. A super high-speed all-metal bomber monoplane, fitted with “Bristol” Mercury engines.
The fine lines of the 280 m.p.h. Bristol Blenheims of No. 114 (B) Squadron are well brought out in this view.
Three Blenheim Is of 114 Squadron from RAF Wyton photographed in June 1937. K7038, nearest the camera, became an instructional airframe in December 1937.
Bristol’s Blenheim medium bomber was developed from the company’s civil Type 142 high-speed transport and entered RAF service in March 1937. It was fast and comparatively cheap - the man-hours required to build a single Short Stirling could produce more than three Blenheims.

Aeroplane Monthly 1980-07 / R.Gillman - Pilot's progress (3)

SWIFT AND PURPOSEFUL: Probably one of the most grimly Impressive photographs of its kind ever taken, this Flight picture shows our first Bristol Blenheim unit in the air - No. 114 (Bomber) Squadron from Wyton, near Huntingdon. Equipped with Mercury VIII engines (825 h.p. each at 13,000 ft.), the Blenheim is the world's fastest bomber. Normally a crew of three is carried.
Formation flying from the pilot's viewpoint. Blenheim Is of No 114 Squadron, in which the author served, up from Wyton in June 1937.

Flight 1937-06 / Flight

THE LADDER OF FAME: Bristol Blenheim medium bombers of No. 114 (B.) Squadron at Wyton. The degree of accuracy attained by this unit after only a few weeks' practice is apparent in this view of an echelon formation. The Blenheims are probably the fastest machines in service anywhere in the world.

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

Bristol Blenheim high-speed bombers of No. 44 (B.) Squadron, Waddington, in echelon formation. Despite its amazing performance the Blenheim is very tractable.

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

BRISTOL BLENHEIM: Bomber (two Mercury VIII engines 840 h.p. each at 13,000ft.); span, 56ft. 4in.; gross weight, 12,030 lb.; max. speed 280 m.p.h. at 15,000ft.

Flight 1937-09 / Flight Advertisements

Flight 1939-01 / Flight

Decorative effect - three Blenheims seen through the bomb aimer's window of a fourth.

Flight 1937-06 / Flight

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Air Enthusiast 2007-03 / The Roundels File

Mk.I K7147 was delivered to 110 Squadron at Waddington on January 4, 1938. Note the under-fuselage bomb racks. When the unit took on Blenheim IVs, K7151 was delivered to 5 Bombing and Gunnery School at Jurby, Isle of Man, on November 3, 1939.

Flight 1939-03 / Flight Advertisements

Flight 1939-03 / Flight

A typical R.A.F. Blenheim showing the retractable turret in the extended position.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-06 / F.Adkin - Memoirs of Aircraftsman (6)

Blenheim I K7059 of 90 Squadron up from Bicester in November 1938.

Flight 1939-01 / Flight

“In the air the Blenheim looks quite different. It is slim and lean and purposeful.”

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-09 / D.Edwards - Flights and frights in the thirties (6)

A Bristol Blenheim I of 62 Sqn. L1131 was delivered early in 1938 but went missing on April 4, 1940.

Моделист-Конструктор Бомбардировщики Второй мировой войны

"Бленхейм" I из 107-й эскадрильи, август 1938 г.

Air Enthusiast 1996-11 / A.Thomas - Over All Things Everywhere

At the time of the Munich Crisis the Squadron went onto a war footing and toned its markings down, as seen on Blenheim I L1132 ‘OZ-J’ in early 1939.

Flight 1937-06 / Flight

A slow-flying demonstration by a Blenheim at Wyton.

Air Pictorial 1977-05 / J.Rawlings - History of No.60 Squadron

Blenheim I L4827 of No. 60 Squadron which was on an APC in Malaya when the Japanese attacked in December 1941. Thrown into the battle, the squadron suffered heavy losses

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Aeroplane Monthly 1980-09 / R.Gillman - Pilot's progress (5)

This short-nosed Blenheim Mk I, serialled L1382, is seen over Basra, Iraq, in 1941.

Flight 1937-07 / Flight

INCIDENTS at Hatfield last Tuesday: the Bristol Blenheim.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-05 / Personal album

A Bristol Blenheim coded -PT, presumably of 62 Squadron, somewhere in India.

Flight 1938-08 / Flight

BOMBING-UP a Blenheim during the Air Exercises. It will be noted that bombs now travel in comfort all the way.

Мировая Авиация 79

Британские специалисты готовят к вылету легкий бомбардировщик Bristol Blenheim Mk I из 1 13-й эскадрильи. Обычно легкие бомбардировщики применялись против небронированных целей и скоплений пехоты.

Flight 1939-01 / Flight

A life on the rolling sward - pilots of No. 90 demonstrate the “launching” of the automatically inflated dinghy carried in each Blenheim. A static line starts inflation by CO2 as the dinghy is thrown overboard. Blenheims have sealed fuselages and wings, so can remain afloat for a considerable time in the event of a "ditching".

Flight 1939-08 / Flight

Mud: Pedicures for the Blenheim and the sergeant

Flight 1939-09 / Flight

Ready for action. Fighter pilots receive final instructions.

Aviation Historian 13 / G.Alegi - Ninety Seconds over Tobruk

Pilots of the RAF’s No 113 Sqn chat beside a Bristol Blenheim I before a sortie from Ma’aten Bagush, near Mersa Matruh in Egypt, where the unit was based from early June 1940 to January 1941. Research has yet to prove conclusively that the raid on T.2 on June 28 was undertaken by No 113 Sqn, but it is the most likely candidate.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2022-01 / В.Морозов - "Битва" за Сингапур (1)

Один из экипажей 27-й ИАЭ перед тренировочным полетом на «Бленхейме» Mk.IF. Сингапур, аэродром Сембаванг, ноябрь 1941 г.

Мировая Авиация 122

Передающая антенна РЛС типа AI Mark III, установленной на ночном истребителе Blenheim Mk IF. У системы Al Mark IV эта антенна монтировалась вертикально.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2022-01 / В.Морозов - "Битва" за Сингапур (1)

Тяжелые истребители «Бленхейм» Mk.IF из 27-й иаэ.Фото сделано на аэродроме Сембаванг в апреле 1941 г.

Авиация и Космонавтика 1999-07 / В.Котельников - Бристоль "Бленхейм" - истребительные варианты /Тяжелые истребители/ (16)

Бленхейм IF

История Авиации 27 / А.Медведь - Хроники Интрудеров /Ретроспектива/ (3)

"Бленхейм Mk.IF" из состава 23-й эскадрильи. Зима 1940-1941гг. Данный самолет, несомненно, принадлежит к числу "интрудеров", так как не имеет антенны бортового радиолокатора.

Aviation Historian 1 / G.Warner - Why was the "Bristol" Mercury so long lived?

Истребитель "Бленхейм" IF, оснащенный радиолокационной станцией
The Bristol Mercury radial piston engine powered all variants of the same company’s adaptable Blenheim, including this Mk IF nightfighter of No 54 OTU.
Early British radar installations used a dipole transmitting aerial in the nose and separate wing dipoles for receiving, resulting in all-round coverage and substantial ground returns. The Blenheim IF had Al Mk III, with the dipoles only on the port wing.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-09 / D.Edwards - Flights and frights in the thirties (6)

The Blenheim IF, illustrated in service with No 54 OTU in September 1941, was the only RAF night fighter for the first 12 months of WW II. This unidentified Blenheim appears to have passed through the A&AEE at that time.

Air Enthusiast 2007-03 / The Roundels File

Mk.If K7159 'YX-N' of 54 Operational Training Unit at Church Fenton posed for a well-known series of images dated September 1941. It was delivered initially to 61 Squadron at Hemswell on January 19,1938 and served with 54 OTU late 1940 until September 1941.

Flight 1939-08 / Flight

Blenheim fighters were used extensively. One of these machines is seen attacking a raiding Blenheim over the Thames Estuary.

Flight 1939-12 / Flight

FIGHTER BLENHEIM: Certain squadrons of the R.A.F are equipped with Bristol Blenheims adapted for use as long-range fighters. Machines of this type, as shown, machine gunned German flying boats at Borkum as lately related in Flight.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2009-12 / В.Котельников - "СБ" по-английски /Самолеты второй мировой войны/

Истребитель "Бленхейм" IF

Мировая Авиация 28

Blenheim Mk IF. Bristol Blenheim Mk IF представлял собой ночной истребитель, под фюзеляжем которого стояла гондола с четырьмя пулеметами калибра 7,7 мм. На этом самолете впервые был установлен радиолокатор и одержана первая "ночная" победа - в ночь со 2 на 3 июля 1940 года.

История Авиации 27 / А.Медведь - Хроники Интрудеров /Ретроспектива/ (3)

"Бленхейм Mk.IF" сквадрон-лидера Грасье из состава 23-й эскадрильи.

АвиаМастер 2000-02 / М.Никольский - Африканское эхо второй мировой /Неизвестная война/

Звено "Бленхеймов" из 14-й эскадрильи RAF в одном из боевых вылетов на бомбардировку целей в Эфиопии.

Моделист-Конструктор Бомбардировщики Второй мировой войны

"Бленхейм" I в Адене, июль 1939 г

Air Enthusiast 2007-03 / The Roundels File

Mk.I L1222 was fitted with outer wing tanks and first flew in this guise in September 1938, in readiness for the so-called ‘Mk.II'. Note also the bombs carried on pylons under the inner wings

Air Enthusiast 2007-03 / The Roundels File

Опытный разведчик "Бленхейм" PR.I
In an attempt to develop a dedicated photo-reconnaissance Blenheim, L1348 was modified with clipped wing tips, faired-over nosed glazing, Rotol three-bladed constant-speed propellers, dorsal turret removed and the bomb bay and other panels taped over

АвиаМастер 2000-02 / М.Никольский - Африканское эхо второй мировой /Неизвестная война/

"Бленхейм" из 39-й эскадрильи в ангаре на авиабазе Бербера.

Air Enthusiast 1971-06 / ??? - Oil well top cover: Sixty years of Rumanian military aviation

Representative of the wide variety of different combat aircraft with which the Rumanian air arm went to war are the Bristol Blenheim.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2009-12 / В.Котельников - "СБ" по-английски /Самолеты второй мировой войны/

Румынский "Бленхейм" I, использовавшийся в качестве разведчика в районе Сталинграда

Авиация и Время 1999-02 / С.Богатырев - Советская авиация над морем. Действия ВВС Черноморского флота в устье Дуная летом 1941г. /Аэроархив/

Этот Blenheim Mk.1 использовался румынами для разведполетов

Авиация и Космонавтика 2018-06 / М.Тимин - Июнь 1941г. Воздушная битва на южном направлении (1)

Air Enthusiast 1996-07 / M.Axworthy - Flank Guard. Romania's Aerial Advance on Stalingrad (1)

Forty Blenheim Is (1 to 40) were bought in 1939-1940, and three ex-Yugoslav examples (41-43) were received from the Germans in 1941. Spares were rare and attrition was heavy in 1941, and in 1942 only ‘Escadrila’ 1 at Stalingrad and ‘Escadrila’ 3 on maritime reconnaissance at Odessa still operated them. In 1943 the two units were amalgamated at Odessa as ‘Escadrila’ 1/3, and operated from there until the city fell in April 1944. The squadron, now named ‘Escadrila’ 1, still existed when Romania changed sides in August 1944, and performed its last reconnaissance missions in Allied service over Cluj-Napoca in September 1944.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2018-06 / М.Тимин - Июнь 1941г. Воздушная битва на южном направлении (1)

Румынский самолет-разведчик «Бленхейм», лето 1941 г.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2009-12 / В.Котельников - "СБ" по-английски /Самолеты второй мировой войны/

Турецкий "Бленхейм" I

Мировая Авиация 150

Турция стала вторым после Финляндии импортером Blenheim по количеству приобретенных самолетов (56) - в основном варианта Mk I. Первая партия была поставлена в 1937 году.
Bristol "Blenheim" Bombers (two Bristol "Mercury" engines) of the Turkish Air Force lined up on the Gazir Emir Aerodrome, at Izmur. The Air Force of Turkey have two squadrons armed with this machine.

Aeroplane Monthly 1986-04 / ??? - Golden Anniversary

Blenheim Is for the Turkish Air Force, 1938. A total of 30 Blenheims was ultimately delivered and all but two were flown out bearing British civil marks in the G-AFFP-FFZ and G-AFLA-FLS range.

Flight 1938-10 / Flight

TURKISH BLENHEIMS: A line-up of the Blenheims.

Flight 1938-10 / Flight

TURKISH BLENHEIMS: In the first of the views Flt. Lt. C. A. Washer, a Bristol test pilot, is seen with officers of one of the Turkish Blenheim squadrons. The main group is of officers and N.C.O.’s of Nos. 24 and 25 squadrons. In the centre of the back row with his hand in his tunic is Lt. Col. Sevket Acar, commanding Gazi Emir aerodrome, Izmir. Third from the left in the back row is Capt. Kula, commanding No. 25 squadron, and fourth from the right is Capt. Farhi, commanding No. 24 squadron.

Air Enthusiast 2001-07 / K.Stenman - From Britain to Finland

British volunteer aircrews took 12 Blenheim Is from Bicester to Finland on February 23, 1940. Three days later, BL-137 landed at Lentolaivue 42's base at Juva. Note the covered national markings for the crossing over Sweden.

Air Enthusiast 2001-07 / K.Stenman - From Britain to Finland

Preparations to release more Blenheims appear to have been made, as suggested by former 604 Squadron Mk.IF at Northolt in February or March 1940.

Авиация и Космонавтика 1997-11 / К.-Ф.Геуст - Воздушная мощь маленькой страны

Основные самолеты финских ВВС периода советско-финского конфликта 1940г. - Бристоль "Бленхейм"-I
В 1940г. финны закупили в Великобритании 24 бомбардировщика "Бленхейм"

Aeroplane Monthly 1986-04 / ??? - Golden Anniversary

Finland also took delivery of a number of Blenheim Is, the first of which is seen here in 1938 fitted with skis for the Finnish Air Force.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2009-12 / В.Котельников - "СБ" по-английски /Самолеты второй мировой войны/

Финский бомбардировщик "Бленхейм Mk.l" на неубирающихся лыжах в обтекателях. Вопреки распространенному мнению, большинство "спаниелей" Страны Суоми всю войну летали на колесах с укатанных ВПП, а подобными конструкциями были оснащены лишь единичные машины, действовавшие с оперативных аэродромов.

Air International 1984-06

Finnish-built Blenheim I BL-173. This Blenheim survived service in the Continuation and Lapland Wars.

Air Pictorial 1957-10

One of the few remaining Blenheims is still flying in Finland.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2009-12 / В.Котельников - "СБ" по-английски /Самолеты второй мировой войны/

Финский "Бленхейм" во время Зимней войны. Для перекатки такой машины требовалось усилие не менее 30 человек...

Авиация и Космонавтика 2009-12 / В.Котельников - "СБ" по-английски /Самолеты второй мировой войны/

Подвеска 250-кг бомбы под финский "Бленхейм"

Мировая Авиация 117

Специалист по вооружению проверяет подвеску 714-кг бомбы в бомбоотсеке Bristol Blenheim.

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

The King inspects machines of the Bomber Group. Above him towers the nose of a Harrow, and behind can be distinguished a Whitley, Wellesley and Blenheim.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Armstrong Whitworth Whitley / A.W.38 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936Handley Page Harrow / H.P.54 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936Vickers Wellesley - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

Flight 1938-09 / Flight Advertisements

Blenheims are in quantity production for the R.A.F. Fuselage production is shown, comprising front, rear, and stern jig-assembled units in the various stages of construction from the skeleton to the fully-plated stressed-skin fuselages.

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

Fig. 1. - The rear fuselage portion of the Blenheim is an all-metal semi-monocoque structure. It has “developable” surfaces.

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

Fig. 2. - Blenheim fuselages, with engines mounted, on the production line.

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

Fig. 3. - The centre-section in its special erection jig, with one engine and one engine mounting fitted, and the rear fuselage portion attached.

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

Fig. 4. - A special crane brings the Mercury VIII engine up to the mounting. Note the pipes for taking air through the oil cooler.

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

Fig. 5. - Cleaning the stub pipes before assembly on the exhaust ring collector.

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

Fig. 6. - Nearly ready to “stand on their own legs.” A row of Blenheims in an advanced stage of assembly, showing the fitting of engines and controls.

Flight 1938-04 / Flight Advertisements

Flight 1938-10 / Flight Advertisements

The Blenheim was the first all-metal air­craft to go into production for the R.A.F. It is jig-built in six sections - three fuselage and three wing - all built up of light alloy, including the covering of the wings.

Flight 1938-09 / Flight Advertisements

The light alloy fuselage sections, now fully plated, are removed from the jigs, the metal "skin" now taking the stress of the monococque structure. The first stage of installing the equipment in each section is then proceeded with.

Flight 1938-02 / Flight Advertisements

The "Bristol" Blenheim - an important factor in the National re-armament scheme - is in large-scale production, and is the standard equipment in many R.A.F. Squadrons. In design, construction and performance it is foremost among the service aircraft of its type in the world. Illustrated is a production line of BLENHEIM HIGH PERFORMANCE MEDIUM BOMBERS

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

Fig. 7. - Assembling the tail unit.

Flight 1939-12 / Flight

“Somewhere else in England”. Building a Blenheim short nose on a jig.

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

Fig. 8. - Quantity production. Bristol Blenheim medium bombers on the line. They are being delivered to the R.A.F. and to several foreign governments.

Flight 1939-12 / Flight

“Somewhere else in England”. Fitting a Blenheim undercarriage;

Flight 1939-12 / Flight

“Somewhere else in England”. Installing the Bristol Mercury;

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

Fig. 9. - A special double - lifting crane is used for removing the main component assembly from its jig and transporting it to another station in the erecting hall.

Flight 1938-10 / Flight Advertisements

The Blenheim is powered by two "Bristol" Mercury engines which are fitted to the air-frame prior to its removal from the jig by a special transportable crane. It is then ready for the attachment of the wings and tail unit.

Flight 1938-11 / Flight Advertisements

The air-frame having been removed from its jig, is now fitted with wings and tail-plane, and the Blenheim “stands on its own legs” for the first time. The fitting of the airscrews, turret, and other equipment is then proceeded with.

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

Fig. 10. - The final erection stage. Fitting wings, tanks, control surfaces, etc.

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

Начало сборки серийных "Бленхеймов" на заводе Бристоль
Fig. 11. - Ready for final inspection. Blenheims about to be passed to the production flight shed for flying tests before delivery.

Aviation Historian 1 / G.Warner - Why was the "Bristol" Mercury so long lived?

Bristol Blenheim Mk Is under construction at Filton in 1938. The Blenheim’s Mercury engines were fitted to mounts anchored to the front and rear spar booms at the outer ends of the wing centre section, to which the undercarriage legs were also attached.

Flight 1939-05 / Flight

OUTPUT: Typifying the high-speed bomber carrying a comparatively light load and the slower "heavy-weight" type, the Bristol Blenheim (seen in production here) and the Armstrong-Whitworth Whitley are both key types in the expanded R.A.F.

Aeroplane Monthly 1986-04 / ??? - Golden Anniversary

The production line photograph was taken in April 1939 and shows Blenheim Is in the L8460 serial range. Aircraft L8466, left foreground, was delivered to 90 Squadron and passed to 17 OTU. On October 12, 1940 it crashed while taking off from RAF Upwood.

Flight 1939-04 / Flight

THE RISING TIDE: This impressive photograph points its own <...>. It was taken inside Rootes’ shadow factory at Speke, Liverpool, which was inspected by the Secretary of State for Air last week. The Blenheims are lifted out of the lines by overhead cranes as completed.

Flight 1938-08 / Flight

A shadow taking form. The Air Minister inspecting the building of a Bristol Blenheim at the new factory at Speke. On the left, he is seen between the two brothers Rootes.

Flight 1939-04 / Flight

Capt Harold Balfour, Under-Secretary of State for Air (and a very accomplished pilot), paid a visit last Friday to Rootes’ shadow factory at Liverpool. He is seen examining Blenheim tail-trimming controls in company with Mr. W. E. Rootes (right), chairman of Rootes’ Securities, and Mr. Trowbridge, works manager of the factory.

Aeroplane Monthly 1993-12 / B.Robertson - An AID to quality (2)

The introduction of retracting undercarriages in the Thirties added another task for the AID, in testing their actuation. Seen here is the port undercarriage unit of a Bristol Blenheim.

Flight 1939-03 / Flight

A Mercury VIII installed in a Blenheim bomber. Points to note are the leading-edge collector ring with single outlet and the controllable gills.