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Handley Page Hare
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Handley Page Hare

Type of aircraft

Overview

The Handley Page HP.34 Hare was a British two-seat high-altitude day bomber designed and built at Cricklewood by Handley Page. It was designed by Harold Boultbee to meet the requirements of Air Ministry Specification 23/25 for a replacement for the Hawker Horsley in the day bomber role, competing against the Blackburn Beagle, Hawker Harrier, Gloster Goring and Westland Witch. The Hare was a conventional biplane, with single-bay unequal-span staggered wings, of mixed wood and metal construction. It had a crew of two with the pilot in an open cockpit aft of the wing with a gunner/bomb aimer behind him.

Specifications

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Photos

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