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The Boulton & Paul P.15 Bolton was a one-off experimental twin-engined biplane bomber ordered by the Air Ministry to sustain Boulton & Paul's development of steel framed aircraft early in the 1920s. It was the RAF's first metal-framed aircraft.

* Boulton Paul BoltonThe two 450 hp (336 kW) Napier Lion engines were mounted just inboard of the inner interplane struts, not directly onto the lower wing 1

Made by Boulton & Paul Ltd.

Designer
John Dudley North
John North
Eng 1 Type
Napier Lion 12-cylinder W form water cooled
Eng 1 Kw
336
Gross Weight Lb
9500
Origin
United Kingdom
Number Built
1
Crew
3
Gross Weight Kg
4309
Armament
provision for front and dorsal gunners
each with 1× 0.303 in Vickers machine guns on Scarff rings.
Span M
19
Perfhide
Y
Manufacturer
Boulton & Paul Ltd
First Flight
September 1922
Span In
6
Span Ft
62
National Origin
United Kingdom
Met Or Eng
eng
Length Ft
48
Eng 1 Hp
450
Eng 1 Number
2
Length M
15
Category
Boulton Paul aircraft
British experimental aircraft 1920-1929

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