Dewoitine D.9

D.9
Role Monoplane fighter
Manufacturer Dewoitine
Designer Emile Dewoitine
First flight 1924
Primary user Regia Aeronautica
Number built 150+


The Dewoitine D.9 was a French monoplane fighter built by Dewoitine and built under licence in Italy as the Ansaldo AC.3.[1]

Design and development

The D.9 was a single-seat high-wing monoplane with a conventional landing gear and powered by a 320 hp (239 kW) Gnome-Rhône 9Ab Jupiter radial engine.[1] First flown in 1924 it was not accepted by the French Army being ranked sixth in the 1923 single-seat fighter competition.[1] A small number of production aircraft were sold for export to Belgium and Yugoslavia and three were built from parts by EKW for the Swiss Air Force.[1] The biggest achievement of the type was an order to licence-build 150 aircraft for the Italian Regia Aeronautica, built by Ansaldo as the Ansaldo AC.3. The type served into the 1930s with the Italian forces.[1]

Operators

 Belgium
 Kingdom of Hungary
 Kingdom of Italy
  Switzerland
 Yugoslavia

Specifications

Data from Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft[1]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

See also


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References

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Notes
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Orbis 1985, p. 1435
Bibliography


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