Flight 1937-05 / Flight

The completed Harrow. The engines are Bristol Pegasus. Note the pronounced taper of the wings.

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Первый серийный "Хэрроу", Рэдлетт (Англия), октябрь 1936 г. Носовая и кормовая турели отсутствуют, их проемы зашиты металлом

Aeroplane Monthly 1986-01 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Probe Probare (20)

The prototype Harrow, K6933, pictured at Radlett. It first flew on October 10, 1936, the Air Ministry having ordered 100 Harrows in August the previous year.

Flight 1937-11 / Flight

ON HIS MAJESTY'S SERVICE: The Air Council's Airspeed Envoy, used by members of the Royal Family, framed by the forepart of a Handley Page Harrow heavy bomber.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Airspeed Envoy / AS.6 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

Flight 1936-11 / Flight

The Handley Page Harrow. The picture gives a good idea of the large size of this new heavy bomber and shows the positions of the central and rear gunners.

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

Handley Page Harrow bombers of No. 115 Squadron taxying in after a cross-country flight. The nose of a Battle gives a decorative touch.

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

Flight 1938-03 / Flight

Aeroplane Monthly 1986-01 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Probe Probare (20)

Cordes flying the prototype Harrow, K6933, first flown by him on October 10, 1936. This aircraft later became G-AFRG and was used for flight refuelling experiments in 1939. It was broken up after suffering damage during an air raid at Ford in August 1940.

Flight 1937-04 / Flight Advertisements

HANDLEY-PAGE "HARROW" Two 850 h.p. Bristol "Pegasus" engines

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

Серийный "Хэрроу" I в полете
The Handley Page "Harrow" Heavy Bomber (two Bristol "Pegasus" engines).

Aeroplane Monthly 1994-03 / J.Maynard - Pickard, hero of Amiens (1)

Harrow II K6988 of 214 Sqn airborne from RAF Felt well - Pickard’s aircraft was K6993. K6988 later passed to 271 Sqn and was struck off RAF charge in December 1940.

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

Handley Page Harrow I K6988 of 214 Squadron photographed in 1938. The Harrow was one of the earliest of the RAF’s monoplane bombers but was never used operationally in the bomber role.

Flight 1937-06 / Flight

The Handley Page Harrow is in the same category as A.W. Whitley and mounts a pair of Bristol Pegasus engines.

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

HANDLEY PAGE HARROW II: Bomber (Two Pegasus XX engines - 925 h.p. each at 10,000ft.); span, 88ft. 5in.; gross weight, 23,500 lb.; max. speed, 200 m.p.h. at 10,000ft.

Flight 1937-04 / Flight

Harrow K6947 photographed at Radlett during a test flight before delivery to 37 Squadron early in 1937.
HEAVYWEIGHT HEAD-ON: A Handley Page Harrow heavy bomber on test prior to delivery to an R.A.F. unit. The Harrow is being produced for the Air Ministry in two forms: the Harrow Mk. I has moderately supercharged Pegasus Xs (850 h.p. at 4,000 ft.) and the Mk. II mounts Pegasus XXs, which are fully supercharged and give 820 h.p. at 9,000 ft. Nose, midships and tail gun positions are incorporated and Handley Page slots and slotted flaps confer a wide speed range. Alternatively to its bombing activities the Harrow may be used as a troop transport.

Flight 1937-05 / Flight

Flight 1937-04 / Flight

A SHADY CUSTOMER: "Shadow shading" is the Air Ministry's term for the new system of camouflage, here seen applied to a Handley Page Harrow.

Flight 1937-10 / Flight

Going on parade: A Flight photograph taken from one of the units of a Squadron of Harrows on the way to Mildenhall.

Flight 1937-06 / Flight

SKY PARADE: Gauntlets, Ansons and Harrows in a "skeleton flight" rehearsal for the massed fly-past which will feature in the RA.F. Display to be held at Hendon on June 26. It is to be hoped that the squadrons will fly at closer intervals and at a lower altitude than did those in the so-called fly-past of two years ago.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Anson / Type 652 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935Gloster Gauntlet - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1929

Flight 1938-03 / Flight

No. 214 (B.) Squadron’s H.P. Harrows demonstrate echelon, stepped up - an unusual formation for heavy bombers.

Flight 1939-05 / Flight

Handley Page Harrows, of the type shown in formation in the Flight photograph, were the first large monoplane bombers to go into service with the R.A.F.

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

Harrows ot No. 214 (B.) Squadron take off in formation from the smooth turf of Feltwell in February 1938.

АвиаМастер 1998-01 / А.Булах - Бристоль "Бленхейм"

Хотя многоцелевой двухмоторник «Хэрроу» мог еще в течение долгого времени применяться в качестве летающей колониальной «канонерки», но для европейского ТВД он устарел уже к началу 30-х гг.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1999-04 / Picture pages

Also at Hornchurch was Harrow K6943 of No.214 Squadron from Feltwell. To provide scale for this giant bomber, the organisers found the diminutive Gordon Dove (G-AETU) to put in front of it.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Gordon Dove - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

Flight 1938-02 / Flight

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-08 / Personal album. Military

This 214 Sqn Handley Page Harrow II heavy bomber is seen during a visit to RAF Kenley in April 1939 of tier a flight from Feltwell. A number of 615 Sqn personnel at Kenley subsequently had a trip in the Harrow. The type served with 214 Sqn from January 1937 until 1939, when it was succeeded by the Wellington.

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

A Handley Page "Harrow" Long-Range Bomber (two Bristol "Pegasus").

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

Line-up of 214 Squadron Harrows photographed early in 1938 at RAF Feltwell.
Handley Page Harrow long-range bombers, showing the installation of the Nash and Thompson power-driven turret in the nose.

Flight 1938-10 / Flight

The Handley Page Hampden (two Bristol Pegasus) follows the Harrow (shown) as the standard production type at the Handley Page works;

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 - 1936Bristol Blenheim - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936Vickers Wellesley - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

Flight 1938-03 / Flight

Some pilots of No. 214 (Bomber) Squadron (left to right): P/O. J. B. Murray; Sgt. Sach; P/O. F. L. H. Eddison; Sgt. Styles; P/O. C. L. Gilbert; P/O. K. W. Kaufmann; P/O. H. W. Poultney; Sqn Ldr. H. A. Constantine; P/O. P. C. Pickard; P/O. J. M. Griffith-Jones; P/O. E. J. Carter; F/O. R. E. Dupont; P/O. H. E. Bufton; P/O. L. M. Craigie- Halkett; F/O. B. D. Sellick; P/O. R. C. Simmons; Flt. sgt. Blake: Sgt. Duffy.

Flight 1937-06 / Flight

Typical aerodrome scene indicative of the colourful spectacles to be seen all over the country on Saturday, here, with a Harrow in prominence, at Biggin Hill.

Aeroplane Monthly 1994-03 / J.Maynard - Pickard, hero of Amiens (1)

A dozen 214 Sqn Harrow IIs at RAF Feltwell in May 1938. The squadron received its Harrows from January 1937, retaining them until July 1939, by which time the Wellington I had been taken on strength.

Flight 1938-06 / Flight

HARROWS EN MASSE: An impressive scene at Feltwell, Norfolk.

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: Bristol Blenheim - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936Vickers Virginia - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1922Vickers Wellesley - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

Aeroplane Monthly 1986-01 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Probe Probare (20)

Handley Page test pilot the late J.L.Cordes, complete with monocle, photographed with the prototype Harrow.

Flight 1937-06 / Flight

The Flight photograph shows the stern defence (conceived by the Nash and Thompson) of a Harrow.

Flight 1937-05 / Flight

CHIAROSCURISTS WITH COLOUR: “Shadow shading” a Harrow before delivery to a squadron, following an Air Ministry decision in early 1937 to camouflage all medium and heavy bombers.

Flight 1937-03 / Flight

LEG SHOW: Members of the R.A.F. Staff College, Andover, in the undercarriage-erection department of Handley Page's Cricklewood works, where they inspected the methods used for the rapid production of large numbers of Harrow heavy bombers.

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Anchors aweigh! Harrow G-AFRG minus its outer wings and tail aboard the SS Beaverford bound for Newfoundland in April 1939;

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Hugh Johnson building part of the ramp to get the aircraft off the scow and up the mole to the airfield at Longueuil;

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The Harrow towers above the crew at the top of the ramp track;

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The Harrow’s port mainwheel tyre pinches against the side of the ramp track, showing how little room for error there was. Adding to the crew’s headaches was the need to find suitable timber with which to make the tracks.

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Flight Refuelling’s Harrow G-AFRG after assembly at Fairchild’s airfield and factory at Longueuil, near Montreal, in May 1939. Large observation transparencies were incorporated into the Harrows’ forward fuselages’ fabric covering to give the operators the field of vision required to undertake the inflight refuelling operation.

Flight 1939-08 / Flight

NEW OVERLOAD: Two Harrow bombers, one outside and the other inside the hangar, which are used at Haltie’s Camp, Newfoundland, for the air refuelling of the Short boats used on the British Atlantic mail service. Only one is actually needed, but the second has been shipped over for use in case of emergency or minor accident. For Caribou's initial return crossing the refuelling equipment was not used, as a following wind and good conditions meant that the machine would reach not only Foynes, but also Southampton, without the necessity for topping up.

Flight 1939-05 / Flight

Sir Alan Cobham, managing director of Flight Refuelling, Ltd., in the pilot’s cockpit of the Harrow which is used as a tanker.

Flight 1939-05 / Flight

The nozzle of the hose pipe is shaped to fit the cone in the receiving aircraft, where it is held fast by hydraulically-operated toggles.

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The fuel-hose twin-reel arrangement in the forward fuselage of one of the Harrows, operated by the larger winch mechanism pictured right (a smaller winch was used forward of the main winch to play out and withdraw the hauling-line cable);

Flight 1939-05 / Flight

The hand-operated winch used for bringing the hauling cable on board the tanker.

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-01 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Per Mare Probare (13)

Looking more like a scene from a Korda film epic, this photograph shows the Harrow's hauling-down windlass being operated in September 1939.

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The fuel-hose winch bolted to the floor of the Harrows. Marcus Langley, FRL's technical manager, also considered the use of the de Havilland Albatross as a tanker, although whether it would have had sufficient structural integrity to accomodate the equipment required is open to speculation.

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The Birmingham Small Arms Co (BSA) supplied a gun capable of firing a 15in (38cm) steel rod with a grapnel on the end, which would take 300ft (90m) of 5cwt steel cable with it;

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With the legend "REFUELLING" emblazoned in large white letters across the top surface of its wing so as to avoid any confusion about its purpose, Harrow G-AFRG heads out over Newfoundland for another sortie. An average refuelling sortie would take around 15min to complete and would involve the transfer of some 850-950gal.

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-01 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Per Mare Probare (13)

Close-up of the Harrow tanker, showing the fuel hose trailing from the forward fuselage. K7029 later became G-AFRH and, following impressment with the RCAF, was cannibalised. Powered by two 925 h.p. Bristol Pegasus XXs, the Harrow II cruised at about 160 m.p.h.

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Harrow G-AFRL trails its hose during a refuelling exercise in the UK in the summer of 1939. By the time the 16 experimental transatlantic airmail flights had been completed at the end of September 1939, Cabot and Caribou had transported a total of around 13,000lb (6,000kg) of freight and mail.

Flight 1939-05 / Flight

REFUELLING TESTS: An Armstrong Whitworth A.W.23, acting as the “receiver,” taking on fuel from a Handley Page Harrow, used as the “tanker.” The hose pipe passes from the forward part of the tanker to the stern of the aircraft to be fuelled. Our photograph was taken from the latter machine.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Armstrong Whitworth A.W.23 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

Flight 1939-11 / Flight

The “Harrow” tanker as it appears from the aircraft being refuelled.

Flight 1939-05 / Flight

From Harrow A.W. XXIII: combination of views gives a good idea of fuelling in the air. The nozzle of the hose pipe is nearing the cone in the tail of the A.W., drawn by the cable, which is shown slightly thickened to make it discernible. By no means the whole length of hose had been reeled off when the picture was taken.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Armstrong Whitworth A.W.23 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-01 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Per Mare Probare (13)

The tanker, having picked up the wire trailing behind Cabot, climbs above and to one side of the boat's tail.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Short Empire / S.23 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-01 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Per Mare Probare (13)

Hooked up and ready to transfer fuel.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Short Empire / S.23 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Aeroplane Monthly 1977-01 / M.Langley - Fifty years in aviation

Handley Page Harrow G-AFRL and Short S.30 G-AFCU Cabot demonstrate flight refuelling over Southampton.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Short Empire / S.23 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Air International 1987-03 / R.Braybrook - The Sixties, the Thirties and the American Challenge

Attempting to catch up with the Americans, Britain developed the Short C-Class flying boats, but had to resort to air-to-air refuelling to achieve non-stop flights from Eire to Newfoundland.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Short Empire / S.23 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Aviation Historian 25 / B.Gardner - Fill 'er up!

Steady as she goes - Harrow G-AFRL remained in the UK and undertook further development trials with Short S.30 G-AFCU Cabot during June-July 1939. Flight Refuelling issued a guarantee of "service in any part of the world to deliver 1,000gal of fuel in 10min, at speeds with existing equipment ranging from 110 to 125 m.p.h."

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Short Empire / S.23 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Aeroplane Monthly 1974-05 / P.Moss - Wings for the Empire (5)

In-flight refuelling with Handley Page Harrow G-AFRL and Short S.30 G-AFCU Cabot, 1939.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Short Empire / S.23 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Flight 1939-08 / Flight

В июле 1939 года, еще до начала полетов между Саутгемптоном и Монреалем, в районе Саутгемптона отрабатывались дозаправки от самолета Handley Page Harrow.
PREPARING FOR THE FIRST: A photograph taken last week at Southampton showing Cabot receiving fuel from a Harrow tanker. Last week-end saw Caribou, commanded by Capt. J. C. Kelly Rogers, with Capt. S. G. Long as chief officer and Mr. B. C. Frost as first officer, make her first regular Atlantic crossing after being refuelled at Foynes. The machine, carrying 1,055 lb. of mail, reached Newfoundland at 10.10 p.m. (G.M.T.) on Saturday and was due to leave New York, on the return flight, yesterday. Cabot will make the next eastward crossing on Saturday.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Short Empire / S.23 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-01 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Per Mare Probare (13)

Another view of Cabot and Harrow G-AFRL over Southampton in July 1939. The time taken to transfer 900gal was about 15min.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Short Empire / S.23 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Air International 1995-11 / D.Allport - History of In-Flight Refuelling

Flight Refuelling Ltd's appropriately registered HP.54 Harrow I tanker G-AFRL refuels Imperial Airways Short S.30 Empire 'C' Class flying-boat G-AFCU/Cabot over Southampton Water circa 1939 using the looped hose method.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Short Empire / S.23 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Aviation Historian 25 / B.Gardner - Fill 'er up!

Handley Page Harrow tanker G-AFRL feeds Short S.30 G-AFCU Cabot with fuel over the South Coast during trials in the summer of 1939. The “Ejector” method of contact developed by Flight Refuelling was sometimes referred to as “cow and calf”, whereby the tanker was the cow and the receiver the calf

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Short Empire / S.23 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-01 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Per Mare Probare (13)

Cabot has just taken aboard 940gal of fuel from Harrow tanker G-AFRL over Southampton on July 30, 1939.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Short Empire / S.23 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Flight 1939-05 / Flight

Sequence of making contact: In the upper picture the tanker’s grapnel has caught the hauling line of the receiving aircraft. In the middle photograph the weighted grapnel on the end of the hauling line has nearly reached the winch in the tanker. In the lower picture the end of the hauling line has been attached to the nozzle of the hose, which is, beginning to emerge from the reel on the tanker. The cable is shown slightly thicker to make it discernible.

Aviation Historian 25 / B.Gardner - Fill 'er up!

After trouble with the Harrows’ wheel fairings digging into the snow, the latter were removed, as seen in this photograph of G-AFRG flying past the hangar at Gander on a snowy day in late 1939. This machine became “794” in RCAF service and operated with the Test & Development Establishment at Rockcliffe, Ontario, until November 1941, when it was struck off charge.

Aviation Historian 25 / B.Gardner - Fill 'er up!

One of the two Harrows at Gander was fitted with a ski tailskid for taxying experiments on the snow. Much of the information gained from the Harrows’ trials proved useful for subsequent operations from the airfield, which was used extensively by the RAF and USAAF as a stop for aircraft being ferried to Europe throughout the war.

Aviation Historian 25 / B.Gardner - Fill 'er up!

Following the completion of the transatlantic airmail experiment, Harrows G-AFRG and ’FRH remained at Gander to continue inflight refuelling trials in order to keep the crews current in case the service was resumed. With its refuelling equipment still fitted, 'FRH is seen here in October 1939, during which a dozen practice flights were completed.

Моделист-Конструктор Военно-транспортные самолеты Второй мировой войны / В.Котельников - Военно-транспортные самолеты 1939-1945 /Самолеты Второй Мировой войны/ (6)

"Спэрроу", использовавшийся во время войны в качестве военно-транспортного самолета

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1987-03 / The removal men

Flight 1937-05 / Flight

Left, centre section in its jig. On the right, the three main portions of a wing being assembled.

Flight 1937-05 / Flight

The bomb cage (right) is built as a complete unit in a swivelling jig. On the left, outer wing portion units. Note that the skin covering already has its proper camber.

Flight 1937-05 / Flight

The fuselage, although of girder construction, is also built in several units. The upper picture shows two, with their front gun turrets carried on metal-covered structures. On the lower picture is the mounting and cowling of one of the Bristol Pegasus engines on the wing leading edge.

Flight 1937-12 / Flight

The complete power plant - two Pegasus radials - of a Handley Page Harrow heavy bomber on its way to be fitted. Standardisation of complete units is becoming more important, particularly for military purposes.