Handley Page Harrow Mk.II

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The Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow was a heavy bomber designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Handley Page. It was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and used during the Second World War, although not as a bomber.

The Harrow was developed during the 1930s as a derivative of the Handley Page H.P.51, an unsuccessful monoplane bomber-transport hybrid. It was a twin-engine, high-wing monoplane with a fixed undercarriage. In 1935, the Air Ministry wrote Specification B.29/35
around the Harrow proposal, seeking a 'stop-gap' heavy bomber to
facilitate the expansion of the RAF's bomber squadrons. Handley Page
updated the design with new features and along with structural changes
to enable more rapid construction. Despite incorporating several modern
features, including hydraulically-powered turrets, steam-based cabin heating, and variable-pitch propellers, the performance of the Harrow did not match that of contemporary bombers such as the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley.