The Armstrong Whitworth Scimitar was a British single-seat fighter biplane that was designed and built by Armstrong Whitworth.
The whole design was basically an improvement of their previous design, the Armstrong Whitworth AW.16. It was powered by a 735hp Armstrong Siddeley Panther engine with an enlarged fin and rudder and, in fact, the first prototype bearing the civilian registration of G-ACCD was a modified AW.16. It flew for the first time on 29th April 1935.
It was armed with two 0.303-in Vickers type E machine guns placed in the front and provision was made to carry four 9kg bombs under the main fuselage.
The Norwegian Army Air Service ordered four Scimitars which were delivered in 1936 and, when Germany invaded Norway in 1940, they were undergoing maintenance and weren't available for combat.
The second prototype of the Scimitar remained preserved in the A.W. at Whitley until 1958 when it was scrapped.
Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth_Scimitar
2. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters
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