The Vickers Vildebeest

The Vickers Vildebeest and the similar Vickers Vincent are single-engined British biplanes designed and built by Vickers and used as light bombers, torpedo bombers and in army cooperation roles.First flown in 1928, they remained in service at the start of the Second World War, with the last Vildebeests flying against Japanese forces over Singapore and Java in 1942.

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The Vildebeest was designed with torpedo bombing in mind and as a Singaporean, I am quite fond of it. RAF seletar and Tengah both were home to some Vildebeests and their service for Singapore, though poor, was well fought. You can also take out the torpedos to make it a fighter.

Stats

General characteristics

Crew: three, pilot, navigator, and observer
Length: 36 ft 8 in (11.18 m)
Wingspan: 49 ft 0 in (14.94 m)
Height: 14 ft 8 in (4.47 m)
Wing area: 728 sq ft (67.6 m2)
Empty weight: 4,773 lb (2,165 kg)
Gross weight: 8,500 lb (3,856 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Bristol Pegasus II-M3 nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, 635 hp (474 kW)
Performance

Maximum speed: 143 mph (230 km/h, 124 kn)
Range: 1,250 mi (2,010 km, 1,090 nmi) at 122 mph (106 kn; 196 km/h)
Service ceiling: 19,000 ft (5,800 m) (absolute ceiling)
Rate of climb: 630 ft/min (3.2 m/s) 7.5 min to 5,000 ft (1,500 m)
Armament

Guns: 1 × fixed, forward-firing .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun and 1 × flexible, rearward-firing .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis Gun
Bombs: 1,100 lb (500 kg) of bombs or 1 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo
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It flies Quite well and can dogfight surprisingly well for its crappy engine. If you want more speed (make the engine 2000 HP and it will fly up to 400km/h)