Another one of those oddities from the lost pages of history. In this video I take a look at the Bristol Buckingham bomber. The Buckingham origins can be traced back to 1939 when Bristol suggested to the Air Ministry to create a medium bomber version of the Bristol Beaufighter. After a few redesigns and changing requirements, the Bristol Type 163 Buckingham was born. It would bear very little resemblance to the Beaufighter. Powered by Bristol Centaurus engines, the Buckingham was able to carry 4,000lbs of bombs and was quite heavily armed for a medium bomber. However, by the time it was ready for service in 1944, the Buckingham was already obsolete. The de Havilland Mosquito was by then in service and could carry the 4,000lbs of faster. Of the 65 Buckingham bombers produced none would see service, all being kept in storage before being converted to transports. A further 54 were produced as transports, however the transport variant saw very little service as it could only carry four passengers. Hence, the Buckingham was one of those unremarkable aircraft with quite an unremarkable history.

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** I don't like to use Wikipedia but sometimes with these rare aircraft there is not many sources. However, I always check the references to ensure that the article is creditable.
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