Friday 27 February 2015

The Great War - Aviation - Airco DH-2

The Airco DH-2 was a two seater plane used by the Royal Flying Corps during the summer of 1915. By February 1916, it was replaced by the single seat version. It was easy to manouever but had a unreliable engine and a lack of speed. Even with this the case, it helped establish air supremacy over Germany at the Battle of the Somme. 

The Airco DH-2 had a maximum speed of 93 mph, a maximum height of 23,500 ft and could fly for two hours and forty five minutes. It could also carry between two to four machine guns and 460 lbs of bombs.



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