THE AIRFORCE - AIRCRAFT - D.H.9
Aircraft Stats:
Powerplant: 1 x 230 hp Siddeley Puma inline piston engine
Speed: 179 kph, 111.5mph mph
Seats: 2
Length: 9.27m, 30ft 5in
Span: 12.92m, 4.5ft 4.5in
Empty Weight: 1 012kg, 2,230lb
Max T/O Weight: 1 508kg, 3,325lb
Period of Service: 1919 - 1937
Weapons:
None specified
Squadrons:
None specified
Attrition:
No incidents found
None specified
Squadrons:
None specified
Attrition:
No incidents found
D.H.9
Status: Retired
Manufacturer: Airco
Country of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Role: Bomber
The DH-9 can claim to be one of the first true strategic purpose-built bombers manufactured in Britain, with bomb bays within the fuselage structure.
SAAF serials were 101 to 150. They remained in service until 1937 when a few were sold. Two were later repurchased at the comencement of WWII and became 2001 and 2005.
Armament:
One fixed forward-firing 0.303-in (7.7mm) Vickers machine-gun and one or two .303-in (7.7mm) Lewis guns on Scarff ring in aft cockpit, plus up to 460 lb (209 kg) of bombs.
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