Miles M.20
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The Miles M.20 was a Second World War British fighter developed by Miles Aircraft in 1940. It was designed as a simple and quick-to-build "emergency fighter" alternative to the Royal Air Force's Spitfires and Hurricanes should their production become disrupted by bombing expected in the anticipated German invasion of the United Kingdom. Due to the subsequent shifting of the German bombing effort after the Battle of Britain towards British cities in what became known as The Blitz, together with the dispersal of British fighter manufacturing, the Luftwaffe's bombing of the original Spitfire and Hurricane factories did not seriously affect production, and so the M.20 proved unnecessary and the design was not pursued.
M.20 | |
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Second prototype of the Miles M.20 | |
Role | Lightweight fighter |
Manufacturer | Miles Aircraft |
Designer | Walter G. Capley |
First flight | 15 September 1940 |
Primary user | Royal Air Force (trials only) |
Number built | 2 prototypes |
Developed from | Miles Master |