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3 unusual facts about Short Knuckleduster


Short Knuckleduster

The contract also specified the use of the experimental Rolls-Royce Goshawk engine.

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In addition to the enclosed cockpit in which the pilot and the navigator sat side by side, there was a gunner's cockpit in the bow, stations for the engineer and radio operator and a navigator station with a chart-table, sighting ports and two folding bunks.

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On 12 June 1934 at the conclusion of test flying the Knuckleduster was flown to Felixstowe for official trials with the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment (MAEE).



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