Fury Mk I

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The Fury Mk I was the initial production variant of the British Hawker Fury, a fast and agile biplane fighter used by the Royal Air Force in the early 1930s.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Fury Mk I canonical 1
Fury Mk II 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biplane fighter ⓘ
fighter aircraft variant ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
aircraftCategory single‑seat fighter ⓘ
aircraftGeneration pre‑World War II fighter ⓘ
airframeType fixed‑undercarriage biplane ⓘ
armament .303 in Vickers machine guns ⓘ
armamentCount 2 ⓘ
configuration single‑engine biplane ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designer Sydney Camm ⓘ
developedFrom Hawker Hornet (prototype lineage) ⓘ
engineConfiguration liquid‑cooled V‑12 ⓘ
engineModel Rolls‑Royce Kestrel ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Kestrel
engineType piston engine ⓘ
era interwar period ⓘ
firstFlight 1929 ⓘ
fuselageConstruction steel‑tube structure with fabric covering ⓘ
introduced 1931 ⓘ
landingGear fixed tailwheel undercarriage ⓘ
manufacturer Hawker Aircraft ⓘ
maxSpeed approximately 200 mph ⓘ
approximately 320 km/h ⓘ
notableFeature first RAF fighter capable of exceeding 200 mph in level flight ⓘ
numberOfEngines 1 ⓘ
operatorType air force ⓘ
partOf Hawker Fury family ⓘ
linked to: Hawker Fury
primaryUser Royal Air Force ⓘ
propulsion single propeller ⓘ
retired late 1930s ⓘ
role fighter ⓘ
serviceBranch RAF Fighter Command ⓘ
serviceEntry 1931 ⓘ
structure mixed metal‑and‑fabric construction ⓘ
successor Hawker Fury Mk II ⓘ
linked to: Hawker Fury

Hawker Hurricane (as later monoplane fighter successor in RAF service) ⓘ
linked to: Hawker Hurricane
timeInService early 1930s ⓘ
usedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Egyptian Air Force ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian Air Force

Royal Yugoslav Air Force ⓘ
South African Air Force ⓘ
usedInConflict Second Italo‑Ethiopian War ⓘ
Spanish Civil War ⓘ
World War II (early stages, secondary users) ⓘ
wingConfiguration biplane ⓘ
wingCovering fabric‑covered wings ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hawker Fury → airForceDesignation → Fury Mk I ⓘ
Hawker Fury → airForceDesignation → Fury Mk II ⓘ
linked to: Fury Mk I