de Havilland Vampire
Sign in to saveAlso known as DH.100, DH100, Sea Vampire, de Havilland DH.100 Vampire
1943 fighter aircraft family; first single-engine jet in RAF service
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Vinony's link graph records 1,176 inbound references to de Havilland Vampire, and connects out to fighter aircraft, turbojet and Saab 29 Tunnan.
Vinony files it under 1940s British fighter aircraft, Aircraft first flown in 1943 and Aircraft with retractable tricycle landing gear.
Vinony links it to 35 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Type
- Fighter aircraft
- National origin
- United Kingdom
- Manufacturer
- de Havilland , English Electric
- Primary users
- Royal Air Force Royal Australian Air Force , Fleet Air Arm (RAN) , Royal Navy , Royal Canadian Air Force
- Number built
- 3,268
- First flight
- 20 September 1943
- Retired
- 1990 ( Swiss Air Force )
- Developed into
- de Havilland Venom
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- twin-boom aircraft
- Operator
- Royal Air Force
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Developer
- de Havilland Aircraft Company
- Manufacturer
- de Havilland Aircraft Company
- Image
- Dh115.vampire.t11.june2004.arp.jpg
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- derivative work
- de Havilland DH.112 Venom
- first flight
- 1943-09-20
- Commons category
- De Havilland DH.100 Vampire
- Commons gallery
- De Havilland Vampire
- service retirement
- 1979-00-00
- total produced
- 3268
- service entry
- 1945-00-00
- military designation
- J 28
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
The de Havilland DH100 Vampire is a British jet fighter developed and manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was the second jet fighter to be operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF), after the Gloster Meteor, and the first to be powered by a single jet engine.
Development of the Vampire as an experimental aircraft began in 1941 during the Second World War, to exploit the revolutionary innovation of jet propulsion. From the company's design studies, de Havilland decided to use a single-engined, twin-boom aircraft, powered by the Halford H.1 turbojet (later produced as the Goblin). Aside from its propulsion system and twin-boom configuration, it was a relatively conventional aircraft. In May 1944, de Havilland decided to produce the aircraft as an interceptor for the RAF. In 1946, the Vampire entered operational service with the RAF, only months after the war had ended.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “de Havilland Vampire” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.