Fury Mk I

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The Fury Mk I was the initial production variant of the British Hawker Fury, a fast and agile biplane fighter used by the Royal Air Force in the early 1930s.

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Label Occurrences
Fury Mk I canonical 1
Fury Mk II 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biplane fighter
fighter aircraft variant
military aircraft
aircraftCategory single‑seat fighter
aircraftGeneration pre‑World War II fighter
airframeType fixed‑undercarriage biplane
armament .303 in Vickers machine guns
armamentCount 2
configuration single‑engine biplane
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
crew 1
designer Sydney Camm
developedFrom Hawker Hornet (biplane fighter prototype)
surface form: Hawker Hornet (prototype lineage)
engineConfiguration liquid‑cooled V‑12
engineModel Rolls-Royce Kestrel
surface form: Rolls‑Royce Kestrel
engineType piston engine
era interwar period
firstFlight 1929
fuselageConstruction steel‑tube structure with fabric covering
introduced 1931
landingGear fixed tailwheel undercarriage
manufacturer Hawker Aircraft
maxSpeed approximately 200 mph
approximately 320 km/h
notableFeature first RAF fighter capable of exceeding 200 mph in level flight
numberOfEngines 1
operatorType air force
partOf Hawker Fury
surface form: Hawker Fury family
primaryUser Royal Air Force
propulsion single propeller
retired late 1930s
role fighter
serviceBranch Royal Air Force Fighter Command
surface form: RAF Fighter Command
serviceEntry 1931
structure mixed metal‑and‑fabric construction
successor Hawker Fury
surface form: Hawker Fury Mk II

Hawker Hurricane
surface form: Hawker Hurricane (as later monoplane fighter successor in RAF service)
timeInService early 1930s
usedBy Royal Air Force
Egyptian Air Force
surface form: Royal Egyptian Air Force

Yugoslav Royal Air Force
surface form: Royal Yugoslav Air Force

South African Air Force
usedInConflict Second Italo-Ethiopian War
surface form: Second Italo‑Ethiopian War

Spanish Civil War
World War II (early stages, secondary users)
wingConfiguration biplane
wingCovering fabric‑covered wings

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

Hawker Fury airForceDesignation Fury Mk I
Hawker Fury airForceDesignation Fury Mk I
this entity surface form: Fury Mk II