de Havilland Vampire

E463819
jet fighter aircraft military aircraft single-seat fighter

The de Havilland Vampire is a British jet fighter developed in the 1940s, notable as one of the Royal Air Force’s earliest operational jet-powered aircraft.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
de Havilland J 28 Vampire 1
de Havilland Sea Vampire 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jet fighter aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
single-seat fighter ⓘ
armament 4 × 20 mm Hispano cannon ⓘ
bombs ⓘ
rockets ⓘ
configuration twin-boom tail ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designer de Havilland Aircraft Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedInDecade 1940s ⓘ
engineType single turbojet engine ⓘ
enteredServiceWith Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
exportedTo more than 25 countries ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1943-09-20 ⓘ
introduced 1945 ⓘ
manufacturer de Havilland Aircraft Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
maximumSpeed ~548 mph ⓘ
~882 km/h ⓘ
notableAs one of the first jet fighters of the Royal Air Force ⓘ
second jet fighter to enter RAF service ⓘ
numberBuilt >3000 ⓘ
powerplant de Havilland Goblin turbojet ⓘ
predecessor Gloster Meteor NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionPeriodEnd early 1950s ⓘ
productionPeriodStart 1945 ⓘ
range ~1,220 km ⓘ
role fighter ⓘ
fighter-bomber ⓘ
trainer aircraft ⓘ
serviceCeiling ~42,800 ft ⓘ
successor de Havilland Venom NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy Canadian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
French Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
Royal New Zealand Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
South African Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
Swedish Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
Swiss Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInConflict Indo-Pakistani conflicts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Korean War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Suez Crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ
variant Vampire F.1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vampire FB.5 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vampire T.11 NERFINISHED ⓘ
wingConfiguration straight wing ⓘ

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

Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum → hasNotableAircraft → de Havilland Vampire ⓘ
Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick Hine → aircraftFlown → de Havilland Vampire ⓘ
subject surface form: Patrick Hine
Rolls-Royce Nene engine → usedIn → de Havilland Vampire ⓘ
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Nene
No. 54 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → de Havilland Vampire ⓘ
de Havilland Aircraft Company → notableWork → de Havilland Vampire ⓘ
No. 264 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → de Havilland Vampire ⓘ
No. 141 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → de Havilland Vampire ⓘ
RAF North Weald → hostedAircraftType → de Havilland Vampire ⓘ
Jacqueline Cochran → notableAircraftFlown → de Havilland Vampire ⓘ
708 Naval Air Squadron → aircraftOperated → de Havilland Vampire ⓘ
this entity surface form: de Havilland Sea Vampire
Lebanese Air Force → historicalAircraftModel → de Havilland Vampire ⓘ
Rhodesian Air Force → usedAircraftType → de Havilland Vampire ⓘ
No. 79 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → de Havilland Vampire ⓘ
No. 208 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → de Havilland Vampire ⓘ
Swedish Air Force F 21 Wing → historicallyOperated → de Havilland Vampire ⓘ
this entity surface form: de Havilland J 28 Vampire