Vickers Vildebeest
Maritime patrol · Vickers-Armstrongs · United Kingdom
| Typical crew | 2 |
|---|---|
| Engines | 1 × Bristol Pegasus |
| First flight | 1928 |
| Number built | 209 |
About
The Vickers Vildebeest was an open-cockpit biplane torpedo bomber dating from the late 1920s and thoroughly obsolete by the Second World War, yet still in front-line service in the Far East. When Japan attacked Malaya in 1941–42, Vildebeests of the RAF made slow, gallant and costly torpedo and bombing attacks on the invasion forces during the doomed defence of Malaya and Singapore, suffering heavy losses against modern fighters. Around 200 were built.
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