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| Portuguese Farman F.40 in Mozambique, during the East African Campaign of World War I | |
| Role | reconnaissance/observation biplane
Type of aircraft
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| Manufacturer | Farman Aviation Works |
| Designer | Henry Farman |
| Introduction | 1915 |
| Retired | 1922 |
The Farman F.40 was a French pusher biplane reconnaissance aircraft.
Developed from a mix of the Maurice Farman-designed MF.11 and the Henry Farman-designed HF.22, the F.40 (popularly called the Horace Farman) had an overall smoother crew nacelle. An open tail boom truss supported a horizontal tailplane and a curved fin. The aircraft went into production in 1915.
Forty French Air Force escadrilles (squadrons) were equipped with F.40s. They operated for just over a year, but were replaced in early 1917.
The F.40 was also operated by the No. 5 Wing of the Royal Naval Air Service, Belgian forces in France, and also by the Russians. The Portuguese Forces in Mozambique included a small squadron of F.40, which participated in the East African Campaign.
Italian aircraft maker Savoia-Marchetti built F.40s for use by the police force until 1922.
Data from:French aircraft of the First World War[1]
The French Army applied type numbers to aircraft types in service. Initially these were used in a similar fashion to individual serial numbers, later used to denote similar aircraft types.
Belgium
Brazil
France
Greece
Kingdom of Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States
Venezuela
ColombiaData from French aircraft of the First World War,[1] The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft [2]
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