Bristol Bulldog
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The Bristol Bulldog was a British single-seat biplane fighter aircraft of the interwar period, widely used by the Royal Air Force in the late 1920s and 1930s.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biplane
ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ single-seat aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory | pre-World War II fighter ⓘ |
| airframeCovering | fabric ⓘ |
| airframeMaterial | metal ⓘ |
| armament | two fixed forward-firing machine guns ⓘ |
| configuration | open cockpit ⓘ |
| construction | metal structure with fabric covering ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| designPurpose | day fighter ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Bristol Type 105 design lineage ⓘ |
| engineType | Bristol Jupiter radial engine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enteredService | 1929 ⓘ |
| era | between World War I and World War II ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1927 ⓘ |
| landingGear | fixed tailwheel undercarriage ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Bristol Aeroplane Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the most widely used RAF fighters of the early 1930s ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | over 400 ⓘ |
| operatorType | air force ⓘ |
| powerplantConfiguration | single-engine ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| propulsion | single propeller ⓘ |
| retiredFromRAF | late 1930s ⓘ |
| role | fighter ⓘ |
| serviceEntryDecade | 1920s ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successor |
Gloster Gauntlet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gloster Gladiator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| survivors | several museum aircraft and replicas exist ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Estonian Air Force
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Finnish Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Latvian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Australian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Danish Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Swedish Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Republican Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aerobatic displays in some air forces
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air defence ⓘ fighter pilot training in later service ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Continuation War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ Winter War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | biplane ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Bristol Mercury