Miles M.20, U-0228, F.G. Miles Aircraft
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Registration: U-0228
Construction Number: Unknown
Military Unit: A & AEE
Model Miles M.20
Operator: F.G. Miles Aircraft
Airport: Boscombe Down (EGD / EGDM), UK - England
Photographer: Joe Barr Collection
Date Taken: 1940
Date Submitted: 21/02/2019
Designed as stopgap wooden fighter in case of damage to Hurricane or Spitfire factories but not required for production despite being reported to have a higher speed than the Hurricane and greater endurance and ammunition load than either the early Hurricane or Spitfire. This is the 2nd Prototype, eventually allocated the serial DR616, and built to a requirement for a variant that could be launched by Catapult Aircraft Merchant ships which lacked flight decks so the aircraft were to be ditched after their mission, and to facilitate this the undercarriage could be jettisoned.
Picture ID:1642827