sentences:  In 1934 the Air Ministry issued Specification P.4/34 which called for a light bomber that could also be used in a close-support role.Fairey, Gloster and Hawker tendered proposals; contracts were issued for the construction of examples of the Hawker and Fairey designs.The P.4/34 was a low-wing all-metal monoplane, powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, with a crew of two accommodated in tandem under a long-glazed canopy.