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Short Bomber
Role Long-range reconnaissance bomber
Manufacturer Short Brothers
First flight 1915
Introduction 1916
Retired April 1917
Primary users Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS)
Royal Flying Corps (RFC)
Number built 83

The Short Bomber was a British two-seat long-range reconnaissance, bombing and torpedo-carrying aircraft designed by Short Brothers as a land-based development of the very successful Short Type 184 (of which more than 900 were built and many exported).

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