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Armstrong Whitworth F.K.9 and F.K.10
For a description of the format and data included in
Production Tables, see here.
Produced Variants | F.K.9 | Two-seat quadruplane fighter, effectively "pre-production" F.K.10. One 110 h.p Clerget 9Z
powerplant. | F.K.10
| Production
version of F.K.9 with deeper fuselage, increased span and redesigned tail unit. One 130 h.p. Clerget 9B or Le Rhône
9J powerplant. |
Serial Range | C/n | Batch Qty | Conv. | Canc'd | Notes | | 2 aircraft built by Armstrong Whitworth, Gosforth. |
| none | |
2 |
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| Total Production | 2 | | | |
Serial Range | C/n | Batch Qty | Conv. | Canc'd | Notes | | Three aircraft originally ordered from Hewlett and Blondeau,
possibly to contract CP.100565/15, but two transferred to the Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Bradford, who were
given an order from the | | Admiralty
for N511 and N512 under contract CP.135178/16. N514 was built by Armstrong Whitworth
under the original contract. (See Bruce [2]) | | N511, N512, N514 | | 3 | | |
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| 2 aircraft ordered from Armstrong Whitworth, Gosforth,
to contract 87/A/1252 dated November 1916. | | A5212 - A5213 | | 2 | |
| | | 50 aircraft ordered from Angus Sanderson & Co. Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to contract
87/A/1457 dated December 1916. Order cancelled, but five aircraft built and allocated new serials. |
| A8950 -
A8999 | | | | 50 |
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| B3996 - B4000 |
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5 |
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| Total Production | 10 | | 50
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All Aircraft By Type and Constructor Constructor |
F.K.9 | F.K.10 | Built | Canc'd | Built | Canc'd | Armstrong Whitworth | 2 | 0 | 3 | | Phoenix Dynamo | | | 2 | | Angus Sanderson | | | 5 | 50 | | 2 | 0 | 10 | 50 |
Production References Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Since 1913, Oliver
Tapper (Putnam, 1973) Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps, The, J.M. Bruce (Putnam,
1982) Fleet Air Arm Aircraft, Units and Ships, 1920-1939, Sturtivant & Cronin
(Air Britain publications, 1998) British Military Aircraft Serials, 1878 - 1987,
Bruce Robertson (Midland Counties Publishing, 1987)
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