Hawker Demon

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The Hawker Demon was a British two-seat biplane fighter of the 1930s, developed from the Hawker Hart and used primarily by the Royal Air Force and several Commonwealth air forces.

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Hawker Demon canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biplane ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
aircraftType biplane ⓘ
airframeConstruction metal tube structure with fabric covering ⓘ
armament fixed forward-firing machine guns ⓘ
flexible rear-mounted machine gun ⓘ
basedOn Hawker Hart day bomber ⓘ
linked to: Hawker Hart
category 1930s British fighter aircraft ⓘ
Royal Air Force aircraft ⓘ
biplane fighters ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 2 ⓘ
crewPositions pilot and observer/gunner ⓘ
designer Sydney Camm ⓘ
developedFrom Hawker Hart ⓘ
engineConfiguration single-engine ⓘ
engineType Rolls-Royce Kestrel ⓘ
era 1930s ⓘ
firstFlight 1933 ⓘ
introduced 1933 ⓘ
landingGear fixed tailwheel undercarriage ⓘ
manufacturer Hawker Aircraft ⓘ
numberBuilt over 300 ⓘ
operatorType Commonwealth air forces ⓘ
primaryUser Royal Air Force ⓘ
retired late 1930s ⓘ
role two-seat fighter ⓘ
serviceEntryContext interwar period ⓘ
successor Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
usedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
Royal New Zealand Air Force ⓘ
South African Air Force ⓘ
usedInConflict Spanish Civil War (limited use by some operators) ⓘ
wingConfiguration single-bay biplane ⓘ

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

Rolls-Royce Kestrel → poweredAircraft → Hawker Demon ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Kestrel → usedIn → Hawker Demon ⓘ
subject linked to: Rolls-Royce Kestrel V12 engine
Rolls-Royce Kestrel → application → Hawker Demon ⓘ
subject linked to: Rolls-Royce Kestrel engine