Westland
Wagtail
unserialed
(c/n
During WW I Petters Limited of Yeovil,
Somerset, England built a number of aircraft types under
licence. These were primarily Short "Two-Two-Five" seaplanes,
Sopwith One-and-a-Half strutter
biplanes,
D.H.4s, D.H.9s and Vickers Vimys. In 1915 the company name was
changed to West-
land Aircraft Works. The Wagtail was its second indigenous
design (the Type N.16/17 Seaplane
was the
first). It appears that only four Wagtails were built. I
have no idea whether serials were
allocated or not. The design was intended to operate as a high
altitude reconnaisance machine, but
the
signing of the Armistice in 1918 precluded series production from
taking place..