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THE AIRFORCE - AIRCRAFT - S.E.5A

The Airforce Aircraft Retired S.E.5a

Aircraft Stats:

Powerplant: 1 x 200 hp Hispano-Suiza V-8 piston engine

Speed: 222 kph, 138mph mph

Seats: 1

Length: 6.38m, 20ft 11in

Span: 8.12m, 7.5ft 7.5in

Empty Weight: 635kg, 1,400lb

Max T/O Weight: 887kg, 1,955lb

Period of Service: 1919 - 1931

Weapons:
None specified

Squadrons:
None specified

Attrition:
No incidents found

S.E.5a

Status: Retired

Manufacturer: Royal Aircraft Factory

Country of Manufacture: United Kingdom

Role: Fighter

Description:

Single-seat fighter.

Armament:
One forward-firing synchronised 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine-gun and one Lewis gun mounted over the centre-section of the upper wing, plus up to four 25 lb (18.6 kg) bombs.

Images:

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