BE2

E205035

World War I military aircraft biplane military reconnaissance aircraft single‑engine aircraft

The BE2 was a British single-engine biplane widely used in World War I, primarily for reconnaissance and training roles.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
B.E.2d	1
BE2 canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War I military aircraft ⓘ biplane ⓘ military reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ single‑engine aircraft ⓘ
aircraftCategory	two‑seat aircraft ⓘ
construction	fabric‑covered structure ⓘ wooden airframe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
crew	2 ⓘ
designedBy	Geoffrey de Havilland ⓘ Royal Aircraft Factory ⓘ surface form: Royal Aircraft Factory design team
engineConfiguration	single piston engine ⓘ
enteredService	1912 ⓘ
firstFlight	1912 ⓘ
fuselageType	wire‑braced box‑girder fuselage ⓘ
manufacturer	Royal Aircraft Factory ⓘ
notableVariant	Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 ⓘ surface form: B.E.2a Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 ⓘ surface form: B.E.2b Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 ⓘ surface form: B.E.2c BE2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: B.E.2d Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 ⓘ surface form: B.E.2e
operatedBy	Australian Flying Corps ⓘ Canadian Air Force (early, non-permanent) ⓘ surface form: Canadian Air Force (early) Royal Flying Corps ⓘ Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ
powerplantType	inline water‑cooled engine ⓘ
primaryUser	Royal Flying Corps ⓘ Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ
retired	circa 1919 ⓘ
role	light bomber ⓘ reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ trainer aircraft ⓘ
tailConfiguration	conventional tailplane ⓘ
usedFor	aerial photography ⓘ artillery spotting ⓘ observer training ⓘ pilot training ⓘ
usedInConflict	World War I ⓘ
wingConfiguration	two‑bay biplane ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Australian Flying Corps → aircraftUsed → BE2 ⓘ

BE2 → notableVariant → BE2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2

this entity surface form: B.E.2d