2-715-326 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Blackburn Botha - Operational Service Trainer', 1941. Advertisement for the Blackburn B.26 Botha, British four-seat reconnaissance and torpedo bomber built by Blackburn Aircraft. During the Second World War it proved to be underpowered. There were a number of fatal crashes and was withdrawn from operations. From "The Royal Air Force in Pictures", 2nd edition, by World War I flying ace Major Oliver Stewart. [Country Life Ltd, London, 1941]