Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2
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Between 1911 and 1914, the Royal Aircraft Factory used the F.E.2 ("Farman Experimental 2") designation for three quite different aircraft that shared only a common "Farman" pusher biplane layout.
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F.E.2b | |
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F.E.2b with "V" type undercarriage | |
Role | Fighter/Reconnaissance, Night Bomber |
Manufacturer | Royal Aircraft Factory |
First flight | February 1914 |
Introduction | September 1915 |
Retired | 1918 |
Status | Retired |
Primary user | Royal Flying Corps |
Produced | 1914–1918 |
Number built | 1,939 |
Variants | F.E.1, Vickers VIM |
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The third "F.E.2" type was operated as a day and night bomber and fighter by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Along with the single-seat D.H.2 pusher biplane and the Nieuport 11, the F.E.2 was instrumental in ending the Fokker Scourge that had seen the German Air Service establish a measure of air superiority on the Western Front from the late summer of 1915 to the following spring.