Whittle E.28/39 - Sweat Shirt Blenheim anti-ship and nuclear deterrant

anti-ship and nuclear deterrant

Operating out of improvised bases this sub-sonic aircraft was used in the close support and reconnaissance role

Based at Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada

now preserved at the Fleet Air Arm Museum

with his first experience of combat over Dunkirk during the Battle of France

Whittle E.28/39 - Sweat Shirt Blenheim anti-ship and nuclear deterrantGloster E28 39 The Whittle first flew on 15th May 1941. The Whittle, also known as the Pioneer or G. 40 was Britain's first jet engined aircraft created for the Air Ministry to test Frank Whittle's new jet propulsion technology. This experimental aircraft led to the development of the Meteor.