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An improved variant of the O/100, the Handley Page O/400 multi-bay biplane bomber featured more powerful engines, a compressed air starting system and an improved fuel system. To meet Royal Air Force specifications, the wings of the O/400 were designed to fold back against the fuselage so that the aircraft could be stored in standard hangars. In 1918, the O/400 was used to bomb targets in Germany's Rurh and Saar industrial centers. By the end of the war, the RAF had 259 O/400s in service and continued to fly some of them until 1920. |
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| Handley Page O/400 Specifications |
| Country: |
Great Britain |
| Manufacturer: |
Handley Page Ltd. |
| Type: |
Heavy Bomber |
| Entered Service: |
Spring 1917 |
| Number Built: |
550 |
| Engine(s): |
2 Rolls Royce Eagle VIII, 12 cylinder, liquid cooled, inline V, 360 hp (268 kW) |
| Wing Span: |
100 ft (30.48 m) |
| Length: |
62 ft 10¼ in (19.16 m) |
| Height: |
22 ft (6.71 m) |
| Empty Weight: |
8,502 lb (3,864 kg) |
| Gross Weight: |
14,425 lb |
| Max Speed: |
97.5 mph (157 km/h) |
| Ceiling: |
8,500 ft (2,592 m) |
| Endurance: |
8-9 hours |
| Crew: |
4 or 5 |
| Armament: |
5 machine guns
2,000 lb (909 kg) of bombs |
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| Handley Page O/400 Units |
| Royal Air Force: |
58, 97, 115, 207, 214, 215, 216 |
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