Armstrong Whitworth A.W.19   A-3                                          (c/n

                                    

                                           The A.W.19 was a 2-3 seat general purpose biplane first flown in 1934.  It was a private
                                           venture designed in response to Air Ministry Spec G4/31.  As such, the image here shows
                                           it with Class B registration A-3.   The design featured excellent visibility for the pilot, seated
                                           as he was high up ahead of the top wing in an open cockpit. Aft of the wings was a gunner's
                                           cockpit fitted with a Lewis m/g mounted on a ring.  Forward armament consisted of a single
                                           Vickers m/g firing through the airscrew.  Between the cockpits was cabin with an observer-
                                           navigator's station.   The bomb (or torpedo) load was carried under the center fuselage, with
                                           smaller ordnance carried under the wings.  The winner of the Spec was the Vickers Wellesey
                                           and only the prototype A.W.19 was built.