RE: Knowledge Quiz for Warbird wiz
No, not the Canberra.
What aircraft is this:
1) Twin engined, twin seat
2) Primary armament: 2 machine guns
3) The concept evolved from a glider
4) It is considered to be the first aircraft of its type to be put into large-scale production
4) Not developed as a warplane, it was however used in one war of international significance.
5) The aircraft was eventually withdrawn from active service 55 years after the first flight of the prototype.
6) One variant of the aircraft (using another designation) was equipped with an arrester hook and undercarriage strengthened for carrier operations.
7) In all, more than 900 aircraft were built, some of them on licence in three different countries.
8) The aircraft was unusual in that it did not have ejection seats.