Dive-bombing potential of the Hawker Henley?

[Graham Boak]

The Henley would have been better than the Battle in France, but we are not talking about true equivalents. The Typhoon would have been better, too. The Henley was a later aircraft than the Battle, and would not have been in widespread squadron service in time. Placing it into production would have reduced the production of the Hurricane, and that is the real reason why it was not adopted in numbers. It is difficult to see how any number of Henleys would have compensated for the loss of fighter production at that time.