de Havilland Venom

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The de Havilland DH 112 Venom was a British postwar single-engined jet aircraft
developed from the de Havilland Vampire. It served with the Royal Air Force as a
single-seat fighter-bomber and two-seat night fighter. The Venom was an interim
between the first generation of British jet fighters – straight-wing aircraft
powered by centrifugal flow engines such as the Gloster Meteor and the Vampire
and later swept wing, axial flow-engined designs such as the Hawker Hunter and
de Havilland Sea Vixen. The Venom was successfully exported, and saw service
with Iraq, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland and Venezuela.

The Sea Venom was a navalised version for carrier operation.


Role
Fighter-bomber

National origin
United Kingdom

Manufacturer
de Havilland Aircraft Company

First flight
2 September 1949

Introduction
1952

Retired
1983 Swiss Air Force

Primary users
Royal Air Force
Royal Swedish Air Force
Swiss Air Force
Venezuelan Air Force

Number built
1,431 (including Sea Venom/Aquilon)

Variants
de Havilland Sea Venom/Aquilon

The RAF fighter-bomber Venoms saw service during the Malayan Emergency which
took place between 1948 and 1960, although they did not begin operations until
the mid-1950s with Nos. 45 and 60 Squadrons RAF. While there, the Venom
supported operations against Communist guerrillas as part of Operation Firedog,
the codename for Royal Air Force operations in Malaya. Venoms were lent to the
Royal New Zealand Air Force for use in the same conflict where they operated
with No. 14 Squadron RNZAF.

The Venom also saw service during the Suez Crisis being operated by Nos. 6, 8
and 249 Squadrons RAF flying from RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus. The Anglo-French
invasion, codenamed Operation Musketeer, took place in response to the
nationalisation of the Suez Canal by Egypt's leader, General Nasser. The air war
began on 31 October 1956 signalling the beginning of the Suez War. The Venoms
launched a number of sorties, attacking a variety of military installations on
the ground. They also saw much action in the Middle East, supporting operations
against terrorists in Aden and Oman, losing some aircraft in the process. Venoms
additionally saw service during the Mau Mau insurgency in Kenya.


Specifications (Venom FB 1)

General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 31 ft 10 in (9.70 m)
Wingspan: 41 ft 8 in (12.70 m)
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Wing area: 279 ft² (25.9 m²)
Empty weight: 9,202 lb (4,173 kg)
Loaded weight: 15,400 lb (7,000 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × de Havilland Ghost 103 turbojet, 4,850 lbf (21.6 kN)

Performance
Maximum speed: 640 mph (556 kn, 1,030 km/h)
Range: 1,080 mi (934 nmi, 1,730 km)
Service ceiling: 39,400 ft (12,000 m)
Rate of climb: 9,000 ft/min (45.7 m/s)
Wing loading: 56.17 lb/ft² (274.2 kg/m²)
Thrust/weight: 0.41

Armament

Guns: 4× 20 mm (.79 in) Hispano Mk.V cannon, with 600 rounds total (150 rpg).
Rockets: 8× RP-3 "60 lb" (27 kg) rockets, or;
Bombs: 2× 1000 lb MC bombs





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