The de Havilland DH 112 Venom was developed from the de Havilland Vampire which it was built to replace, the prototype first flew in September 1949 and it had thinner wings and a more powerful engine than the Vampire resulting in improved speed and altitude performance. The Venom fighter-bomber proved to be highly successful over 375 being built of the first variant, many for export to numerous countries.
The was used operationally by the RAF from 1948 seeing action in the Malayan Emergency from 1950 to 1960 and in the 1956 Suez Crisis. In 1962 the last de Havilland Venom was retired from RAF service. It is of note that 100 Venom Mk-4 fighter bombers were produced under licence in Switzerland using a consortium of numerous companies for the Swiss Air Force, the Swiss Air-Force continued to operate their de Havilland Venom FB Mk-4 fighter bombers like the one pictured above, having it's engine changed, until 1983.
de Havilland Venom FB-1 Specifications:
Crew: Pilot only
Length: 31 ft 10 in (9.70 m)
Wingspan: 41 ft 8 in (12.70 m)
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Wing area: 279 ft² (25.9 m²)
Empty weight: 9,202 lb (4,173 kg)
Loaded weight: 15,400 lb (7,000 kg)
Engine: Single 4,850 lbf (21.6 kN) de Havilland Ghost turbojet
Maximum speed: 556 knots (640 mph, 1,030 km/h)
Range: 934 nm (1,080 mi, 1,730 km)
Service ceiling 39,400 ft (12,000 m)
Rate of climb: 9,000 ft/min (45.7 m/s)
Armament:
Four 20 mm Hispano cannon, 150 rounds per gun
Eight RP-3 "60 lb" (27 kg) unguided rocket projectiles
Two 1,000 lb (450 kg) bombs
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