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Dewoitine D.27 Fighter Plane

 

Émile Dewoitine designed the D.27 in 1926 to meet the French Air-force need for a light fighter but did not build the aircraft until after his move to Switzerland in 1927, building the EKW Dewoitine D.27 fighter in 1928 at the EKW workshop in Thun, Switzerland. Sixty six aircraft were built for the Swiss Air Force and were to remain operational until 1944, additional aircraft were built under licence in both Romania and Yugoslavia for their air-forces, seven specially strengthened aircraft were also built in France for trials on the French aircraft carrier Béarn.

EKW Dewoitine D.27 Specifications:

  • Crew: Pilot only
  • Length: 6.50 m (21 ft 4 in)
  • Wingspan: 9.80 m (32 ft 2 in)
  • Height: 2.79 m (9 ft 2 in)
  • Empty weight: 1,382 kg (3,046 lb)
  • Engine: Single 373 kW (500 hp) Hispano-Suiza 12Mc liquid-cooled V12
  • Maximum speed: 312 km/h (169 knots, 194 mph)
  • Range: 600 km (324 nm, 373 mi)
  • Service ceiling 9,200 m (30,185 ft)

Armament:

  • Twin fixed forward-firing 7.5 mm (.30 in) Darne machine guns7

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