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Developed from the Pintail, the Fawn was a light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft designed to fill the gap between the de Havilland D.H.9A and Hawker Horsley/Fairey Fox. First flown in prototype form in March 1923, subsequent production Fawns had poor performance and, unlike their Virginia heavy-bomber contemporary, remained in service with the RAF for only a few years. Production amounted to 75 aircraft, made up of five prototype/pre-production aircraft, 50 350kW Napier Lion II-engined Fawn Mk IIs and 20 Lion V-engined Mk Ills.
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| MODEL | Fawn III |
| ENGINE | 1 x 468hp Napier Lion V |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 2649 kg | 5840 lb |
| Empty weight | 1580 kg | 3483 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 15.21 m | 50 ft 11 in |
| Length | 9.78 m | 32 ft 1 in |
| Height | 3.63 m | 12 ft 11 in |
| Wing area | 51.10 m2 | 550.04 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 184 km/h | 114 mph |
| Ceiling | 4221 m | 13850 ft |
| Range | 1047 km | 651 miles |
| ARMAMENT | 2-3 x 7.7mm machine-guns, 2 x 100kg or 4 x 50kg bombs |
| Benno Heissig, b_heissig=hotmail.com, 20.05.2007 some more data on the famous fawn can be found on
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/bc_aircraft3.html |
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