JOHAN VISSCHEDIJK COLLECTION
No. 6359. Blackburn R.B.1B Iris Mk.III (S1263) Royal Air Force "Leda"
Photograph from Flight
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Built in 1930, this was one of four Iris Mk.IIIs, on the nose is the unofficial badge of 209 Squadron. By 1932 its three 675 hp Rolls-Royce Condor Mk.IIIBs were replaced by 825 hp Rolls-Royce Buzzard Mk.IIs and it had received an enclosed cockpit. |
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Created April 19, 2007