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Airco DH.9 | |
Role | Bomber |
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Manufacturer | Airco |
Designer | Geoffrey de Havilland |
First flight | July 1917 |
Introduction | November 1917 |
Retired | 1937 |
Primary users | Royal Air Force Royal Flying Corps Royal Naval Air Service South African Air Force |
Number built | 4,091 |
Variants | Airco DH.9A Airco DH.9C Westland Walrus |
To boost the rate of production, quantity orders for the DH.9 were also placed with Alliance, G & J.Weir, Short Brothers, Vulcan, Waring & Gillow and National Aircraft Factories No. 1 and No. 2. The first deliveries of the type occurred during November 1917 to 108 Squadron RFC; by the end of 1917, a total of five DH.9s had been delivered and passed their final inspections. The first combat engagement of the type, performed over France, was performed in March 1918 by No. 6 Squadron RNAS. By July 1918, a total of nine operational squadrons deployed to the Western Front were using the type.
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