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A Vickers Type 61 Vulcan powered by a Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII rated at 360 hp. This fifth production sample of the Vickers Vulcan was first delivered as a cargo carrier but was later changed to an 8-seat passenger aeroplane. Belief it or not this machine, G-EBEM, was entered in the 1922 King's Cup Air Race and finally was placed 7th. As this picture is labeled as K.L.M. picture the location maybe Schiphol airfield near Amsterdam, although there are no distinctive features of this airfield visible on this picture.

The Handley Page Type O was an early biplane bomber used by Britain during the First World War. At the time, it was the largest aircraft that had been built in the UK and one of the largest in the world. It was built in two major versions, the Handley Page O/100 (H.P.11) and Handley Page O/400 (H.P.12). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_Type_O

This appears to be the Handley Page V/1500 bomber. It is distinguished from the Handley Page Type O (and variants) by its equal span wings and four Rolls-Royce Eagle V-12 engines. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_V/1500

The Bismarck tribune., July 19, 1918, Image 8 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042243/1918-07-19/ed-... shows this picture, with caption, "A front view of the giant super-biplane, the Handley-Page, which will fly across the Atlantic when the allies get ready to send a fleet of planes to bombard Berlin. Ten thousand duplicates of this air monster, built in the United States, could cross the ocean in 60 days, bombard dozens of German cities and end the war, says W. H. Workman, American representative of Handley-Page, Ltd., of England. Note the size of the plane in comparison with the 14 men who are standing around its wheels." Copyright there was claimed by Underwood & Underwood. NYT of June 30, 1918 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A02E2D8103BEE3AB... has more about the project proposal.

See defenceoftherealm.wordpress.com/2015/08/06/handley-page-h... for more about the Handley Page HP.15 V/1500 plane and its context.

Since the first V/1500 to come to the States came in 1919 and this negative has 7/1/18 as a scribbled date, I assume the pictures were taken in Britain, probably at Cricklewood, and distributed by W. H. Workman as he tried to persuade the U.S. to build some of them. All three photos of the plane have a triangular mark at bottom right, which may identify the original source, but I have been unable to interpret it.

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