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de Havilland Sea Hornet

de Havilland Sea Hornet

The de Havilland Sea Hornet was a navalised version of the Hornet, which incorporated folding wings, fuselage strengthening to allow for the arrested landings and modified landing gear. A total of 79 Sea Hornet F.20s were built.

A night fighter variant incorporated a second cockpit to the rear of the fuselage above the wing trailing edge. The radar operator faced aft under a clear bubble canopy that could be jettisoned in an emergency. The small rotating ASH radar dish was housed under an elongated “thimble” radome in the nose. Production of the Sea Hornet NF.21 came to 72.

The Sea Hornet PR.22 of which 23 were built was a dedicated photo reconnaissance aircraft with the cannon armament removed. Three cameras were installed in the rear fuselage.

Variants

Aircraft Carriers

Naval Air Squadrons

Land Bases

Other Operators

Trial Units and Deployments

Variants of the Sea Hornet

de Havilland Sea Hornet F.20

de Havilland Sea Hornet NF.21

de Havilland Sea Hornet PR.22

Sea Hornet Operations From Aircraft Carriers

HMS Eagle

HMS Implacable

HMS Indomitable

HMS Ocean

HMS Vengeance

Airwork Fleet Requirements Unit

728 Fleet Requirements Unit

801 Squadron

806 Squadron

809 Squadron

Sea Hornets at Land Bases

Gibraltar (HMS Rooke)

Hal Far Malta

RNAS Ford (HMS Peregrine)

RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus)

RNAS Stretton (HMS Blackcap)

Trial Units and Deployments

Winter Trials

International Air Exhibition September 1948

Other Operators

Australian Service