 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source .(January 2014) |
| D.9 | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Type | Monoplane fighter |
| Manufacturer | Dewoitine |
| Designer | |
| Primary user | Regia Aeronautica |
| Number built | 150+ |
| History | |
| First flight | 1924 |
The Dewoitine D.9 was a French monoplane fighter built by Dewoitine and built under licence in Italy as the Ansaldo AC.3. [1]
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]
Belgium 
Kingdom of Italy 
Switzerland 
Yugoslavia 
Data from Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft [1]
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