Original 1940 Advert – Armstrong Whitworth Whitley – RAF Heavy Bomber – The Aeroplane, October 4, 1940. Aircraft Depicted: Armstrong Whitworth Whitley heavy bomber. The Whitley served as one of Britain’s primary twin-engine bombers during the opening years of WWII, flying night missions over Germany and Italy before the arrival of the Wellington, Stirling, Halifax, and Lancaster.
