Felixstowe F.2A

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First World War aircraft flying boat military aircraft patrol aircraft

The Felixstowe F.2A was a British First World War flying boat patrol aircraft renowned for its long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine operations.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Felixstowe F.2A canonical	4
Felixstowe F.3	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4949525 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Felixstowe F.2A
Context triple: [Rolls-Royce Eagle, notableAircraft, Felixstowe F.2A]

A. Bristol Type 142
The Bristol Type 142 was a British twin-engine high-speed civil transport prototype of the 1930s whose advanced design directly led to the development of the Bristol Blenheim light bomber.
B. Fairey Fulmar
The Fairey Fulmar was a British carrier-borne fighter and reconnaissance aircraft used by the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm during the early years of World War II.
C. Bristol F.2 Fighter
The Bristol F.2 Fighter was a British two-seat biplane fighter and reconnaissance aircraft of World War I, renowned for its agility and success despite an initially troubled combat debut.
D. Fairey Firefly
The Fairey Firefly was a British World War II-era carrier-borne fighter and anti-submarine aircraft used primarily by the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm.
E. Bristol Centaurus V
The Bristol Centaurus V was a powerful British air-cooled radial aircraft engine used in late-World War II and postwar high-performance fighters and other military aircraft.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Felixstowe F.2A
Target entity description: The Felixstowe F.2A was a British First World War flying boat patrol aircraft renowned for its long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine operations.

A. Bristol Type 142
The Bristol Type 142 was a British twin-engine high-speed civil transport prototype of the 1930s whose advanced design directly led to the development of the Bristol Blenheim light bomber.
B. Fairey Fulmar
The Fairey Fulmar was a British carrier-borne fighter and reconnaissance aircraft used by the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm during the early years of World War II.
C. Bristol F.2 Fighter
The Bristol F.2 Fighter was a British two-seat biplane fighter and reconnaissance aircraft of World War I, renowned for its agility and success despite an initially troubled combat debut.
D. Fairey Firefly
The Fairey Firefly was a British World War II-era carrier-borne fighter and anti-submarine aircraft used primarily by the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm.
E. Bristol Centaurus V
The Bristol Centaurus V was a powerful British air-cooled radial aircraft engine used in late-World War II and postwar high-performance fighters and other military aircraft.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	First World War aircraft ⓘ flying boat ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ patrol aircraft ⓘ
aircraftType	biplane ⓘ
armament	Lewis machine guns ⓘ bombs ⓘ
category	1910s military aircraft ⓘ British military aircraft ⓘ flying boats of the United Kingdom ⓘ
conflict	First World War ⓘ linked to: World War I
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
crew	4 ⓘ 5 ⓘ
designer	John Cyril Porte ⓘ
developedFrom	Curtiss H-12 ⓘ linked to: Curtiss H-16 flying boat
engineConfiguration	twin-engine ⓘ
enginePlacement	tractor configuration ⓘ
engineType	piston engine ⓘ
firstFlight	1917 ⓘ
introduced	1917 ⓘ
manufacturer	Dick, Kerr & Co. ⓘ Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing Company ⓘ Royal Aircraft Factory ⓘ Short Brothers ⓘ Sopwith Aviation Company ⓘ
maximumSpeed	95 knots ⓘ about 110 mph ⓘ
notableFor	improved hull design for better seaworthiness ⓘ long endurance patrols over the North Sea ⓘ
operatedFrom	Felixstowe seaplane station ⓘ linked to: RNAS Felixstowe various coastal bases in the United Kingdom ⓘ
operationalUse	Atlantic approaches patrols ⓘ North Sea patrols ⓘ
powerplant	2 × Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII V-12 engines ⓘ
range	about 360 miles ⓘ
retired	early 1920s ⓘ
role	anti-Zeppelin patrols ⓘ convoy escort ⓘ
serviceCeiling	about 10,000 ft ⓘ
successor	Felixstowe F.3 ⓘ Felixstowe F.5 ⓘ
usedBy	Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
usedFor	anti-submarine warfare ⓘ long-range reconnaissance ⓘ maritime patrol ⓘ