handley page type o and handley page o/400 (world war 1) drawn by handley_page_aircraft_company, standard_aircraft_corporation, and western_newspaper_union

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HANDLEY-PAGE BOMBING PLANE; TYPE BUILT TO FLY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.

PHOTOGRAPHER - Western Newspaper Union.
REC'D - July 22, 1918
Taken - July 1918

DESCRIPTION:
HANDLEY-PAGE BOMBING PLANE; TYPE BUILT TO FLY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
The new Handley-Page bombing airplane built by the Standard Aircraft Corporation, Elizabeth, N.J., which is of the type constructed to be able to fly to the fighting zones across the Atlantic. The plane is driven by twin Liberty motors 400 H.P. each, and has passed all the government tests. The new machine was driven by Lord William Simphill, of the British Service, accompanied by Major General William L. Henly, U.S.A., Chief of the Department of Military Aeronautics.