Supermarine Nighthawk
British-designed prototype for an anti-Zeppelin quadraplane aircraft / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Supermarine Nighthawk or P.B.31E was a First World War British aircraft, designed by Noel Pemberton Billing and built at Woolston, Southampton after Pemberton Billing's company became Supermarine Aviation Works Ltd. The P.B.31E, as with its predecessor the P.B.29 "Battle Plane", was an anti-Zeppelin night fighter. It was operated by a crew of three to five, and was designed to fly for 9–18 hours. The prototype of the P.B.31E flew in February 1917. It quickly became obsolete when it was found that Zeppelins could be more easily be destroyed by igniting their hydrogen bags using explosive bullets. Only a prototype aircraft was built.
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General information | |
Other name(s) | P.B.31E |
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National origin | United Kingdom |
Manufacturer | Supermarine Aviation Works Ltd. (originally Pemberton Billing Ltd.) |
Number built | 1 |
History | |
First flight | February 1917 |
Developed from | P.B.29E "Battle Plane" |
Fate | Scrapped (July 1917) |