Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2

The Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2 was a two-seat pusher biplane that was operated as a day and night bomber and as a fighter aircraft by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Along with the single-seat D.H.2 pusher biplane and the Nieuport 11 the F.E.2 was instrumental in ending the Fokker Scourge that had seen the German Air Service establish a measure of air superiority on the Western Front from the late summer of 1915 to the following spring.

The Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.1
Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2 fighter biplanes for the 1914-18 conflict, whilst gun carriages & parts for tanks & aircraft were amongst the armaments produced from 1939 onwards.2

Made by Royal Aircraft Establishment.

Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2 is the predecessor of the Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.1.Vickers VIM.

Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b aircraft and sent to France for night bombing, but was disbanded five days after the Armistice with Germany (Compiègne).3
The Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.4
Height Main
386.08
Height Alt
3.85 m
Length Alt
9.83 m
Jet Or Prop
prop
Lists
*List of aircraft of the Royal Flying Corps
Loaded Weight Main
3037.0
Max Speed Alt
5490.0
Type Of Prop
6
Crew
Two
Loading Main
6
Power/mass Main
190.79999999999998
Similar Aircraft
*Vickers F.B.5*Airco DH.1
Introduced
September 1915
Bombs
up to 517 lb of bombs
Max Speed Main
80
Ceiling Main
11000.0
Number Built
1939
Successor
Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.1
Vickers VIM
Retired
1918
Loaded Weight Alt
1380.0
Area Main
494.0
Primary user
Span Alt
14.55 m
Plane Or Copter?
Power Alt
119.0
Engine(prop)
William Beardmore and Company
Manufacturer
Status
Number Of Props
1
First Flight
February 1914
Production End Year
1918
Climb Rate Main
2384.0
More Performance
10800.0
Production Start Year
1914
Power/mass Alt
Guns
172800.0
Climb Rate Alt
3
048 m
Variants With Their Own Articles
Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.1
Vickers VIM
Length Main
982.98
Span Main
1455.4199999999998
Area Alt
45.9 m²
Power Main
160 hp
Related
*Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.1*Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8*Vickers VIM
Empty Weight Main
2061.0
Ceiling Alt
3
353 m
Category
Produced
1914
Empty Weight Alt
937.0
Loading Alt
30

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