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The Vickers Windsor

A four engined heavy bomber developed between 1941 and 1945. This aircraft did not go into service.

First Prototype Windsor, DW506, at Farnborough in October 1943 (210Kb)    Windsor under construction (440Kb)    DW506 in the air (300kb)

 

The "British" B-36. (Actually a 1942 design study for a very large bomber)

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These pictures are taken from Vickers Aircraft since 1908, C F Andrews and E B Morgan, Putnam 1988, pp 386-387 and page 563

 

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