History

The deHavilland Vampire was Britain’s second jet fighter.

It was too late to see service during World War 2 but entered service in 1946 and soon replaced many of Britain’s front line piston engined fighters.

The deHavilland Vampire was first planned in 1941 as an experimental aircraft.

Design work began in early 1942 and the prototype made its first flight on 20 September 1943.

The RAF decided to develop the Vampire as an interceptor, an order for 120 Vampire Is was placed in May 1944 and the first one flew in April 1945.

They began entering service in April 1946 and soon replaced existing British fighters including the Typhoon, Tempest and Mustang.

The Vampire was produced in many versions and 3,268 were made. They served with many air forces, including the RAAF, and some remained in service into the 1970s.

This model represent a Vampire F.1, TG297 of 247 Squadron, RAF, in 1946.

Amodel 1/72 kit completed by Leigh Edmonds in November 2016.

Data

MODEL: DeHavilland Vampire F.1

ROLE: Fighter

TIME PERIOD: 1943-1950s

ENGINES: one Rolls Royce Goblin 1 turbojet engine of 12kN

WING SPAN: 11.58m

LENGTH: 9.37m

MAXIMUM TAKE OFF WEIGHT: 3.304kg

MAXIMUM SPEED: 882km/h

RANGE: 1,9605km

CREW: 1

ARMAMENT: four Hispano 20mm cannon

SCALE: 1/72

KIT:

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