P7048 (evansb's photograph) was one of the surviving Whirlwinds. It achieved 123.25 operational hours and was registered by Westland post-war as G-AGOI. Scrapped 1951. (per the Bowater book).
Originally Posted by surely not
I seem to recall that the Whirlwind was not a good fighter to have to bail out of due to the high tail getting in the way? I'm sure I read that quite a few pilots ended up with injuries from hitting the tailplane as they exited their stricken aeroplanes.
The canopy on the Whirlwind apparently was un-jettisonable so in order to vacate the cockpit the pilot had to try to wind the canopy rearwards. This could be difficult/impossible if the canopy rails had sustained damage.
