Picture No 0267

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The Hind was a development of the Hawker Hart, the prototype first flew on 12 September 1934 and the first Hinds entered RAF service in 1935. Altogether 528 Hinds were built to replace the Hart as a front line light bomber and to equip the rapidly expanding Royal Air Force. The Hind differed from the Hart in having a tailwheel in place of the skid, a more developed exhaust system and a cutaway rear cockpit to provide a better field of view for the gunner. The Hind, converted to a trainer variant, remained in service until World War Two. Shuttleworth's Hind was delivered new to the Royal Afghan Air Force in 1938 and continued in use until the 1950s. It was presented to the Shuttleworth Collection and was collected with the help of the Ford Motor Company in 1970. The Hind was restored, and flew again on 17 August 1981. The Hind was repainted in 1985 to represent K5414 of 15 Squadron, Royal Air Force.
Height: 10ft 7in Length: 29ft 7in Wingspan: 37ft 3in Engine: one 640hp Rolls Royce Kestrel V, V12 Max. Speed 186mph Armament: one forward firing machine gun one Lewis gun in rear cockpit up to 500lb of bombs
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