Hawker Demon
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The Hawker Demon was a British two-seat biplane fighter of the 1930s, developed from the Hawker Hart and used primarily by the Royal Air Force and several Commonwealth air forces.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hawker Demon canonical | 3 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biplane
ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftType | biplane ⓘ |
| airframeConstruction | metal tube structure with fabric covering ⓘ |
| armament |
fixed forward-firing machine guns
ⓘ
flexible rear-mounted machine gun ⓘ |
| basedOn | Hawker Hart day bomber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
1930s British fighter aircraft
ⓘ
Royal Air Force aircraft NERFINISHED ⓘ biplane fighters ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew | 2 ⓘ |
| crewPositions | pilot and observer/gunner ⓘ |
| designer | Sydney Camm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Hawker Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | single-engine ⓘ |
| engineType | Rolls-Royce Kestrel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1930s ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1933 ⓘ |
| introduced | 1933 ⓘ |
| landingGear | fixed tailwheel undercarriage ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Hawker Aircraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | over 300 ⓘ |
| operatorType | Commonwealth air forces ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| retired | late 1930s ⓘ |
| role | two-seat fighter ⓘ |
| serviceEntryContext | interwar period ⓘ |
| successor | Hawker Hurricane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Royal Air Force
ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Canadian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal New Zealand Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ South African Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | Spanish Civil War (limited use by some operators) ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | single-bay biplane ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Rolls-Royce Kestrel