Dewoitine D.9

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D.9
Dewoitine D.9 L'Aeronautique January,1926.jpg
RoleMonoplane fighter
Manufacturer Dewoitine
Designer Emile Dewoitine
First flight1924
Primary user Regia Aeronautica
Number built150+

The Dewoitine D.9 was a French monoplane fighter built by Dewoitine and built under licence in Italy as the Ansaldo AC.3. [1]

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Design and development

The D.9 was a single-seat high-wing monoplane with a conventional landing gear and powered by a 320 hp (239 kW) Gnome-Rhône 9Ab Jupiter radial engine. [1] First flown in 1924 it was not accepted by the French Army being ranked sixth in the 1923 single-seat fighter competition. [1] A small number of production aircraft were sold for export to Belgium and Yugoslavia and three were built from parts by EKW for the Swiss Air Force. [1] The biggest achievement of the type was an order to licence-build 150 aircraft for the Italian Regia Aeronautica, built by Ansaldo as the Ansaldo AC.3. The type served into the 1930s with the Italian forces. [1]

Operators

Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Kingdom of Italy
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia

Specifications

Data from Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft [1]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Orbis 1985, p. 1435

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