De Havilland Venom Aircraft

Venom FB.54, Cosford

Production Details

Design Company:

The de Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd, Hatfield Aerodrome, Herts, Hawarden Aerodrome, Chester and Christchurch Aerodrome, Hants

First Flight:

2 September 1949

Venom FB.1:

300 - De Havilland 50 - Marshalls 19 - Fairey 5 - Vickers 150 - Switzerland

Venom NF.2:

91 - De Havilland

Venom NF.3:

130 - De Havilland

Venom FB.4:

124 - De Havilland 33 - Marshalls 15 - Fairey 100 - Switzerland

Venom FB.50:

21 - De Havilland

Venom NF.21:

59 - De Havilland 3 - Fairey

Sea Venom FAW.20 :

52 - De Havilland

Sea Venom FAW.21:

168 - De Havilland

Sea Venom FAW.22:

39 - De Havilland

Sea Venom FAW.53:

39 - De Havilland

Aquilon 20:

4 - France

Aquilon 201:

1 - France

Aquilon 202:

75 France

Aquilon 203:

40 - France

Aquilon 204:

1 - France

Type Specification

Applies to:

De Havilland Venom FB.1

Type:

Single seat day fighter and fighter bomber

Wing:

Cantilever mid wing monoplane. All metal structure with flush riveted Alclad skin

Fuselage:

Composite structure. Main nacelle member is aluminium alloy bulkhead, which carries forward portion of nacelle in front and engine behind. Nose piece back to cockpit is monocoque structure with plywood and balsa sandwich skin.

Tail Unit:

All metal cantilever structure. Twin fins and rudders mounted above tail booms with tailplane and single elevator between. Tail booms are all metal structure.

Landing Gear:

Retractable tricycle type

Power Plant:

One de Havilland Ghost 103 centrifugal flow turbojet engine rated at 4,850 lb st. Air intakes in wing leading edge each side of nacelle, and circular jet outlet in extreme rear of nacelle

Accommodation:

Pilots pressurised cockpit ahead of wing leading edge

Armament:

Four 20 mm British Hispano Mk.5 cannon in the nose and 2,000 lb of bombs or eight 60 lb rocket projectiles on racks under the wing

Span:

41 ft 8 in

Length:

31 ft 10 in

Height:

6 ft 2 in

Wing Area:

279 sq ft

All up:

15,400 lb

Max Speed:

640 mph

Initial Rate of Climb:

9,000 ft/min

Preserved in British Museums

Venom FB.1:

WK393 - AeroVenture, Doncaster - Fuselage

Venom NF.3:

WX788 - AeroVenture, Doncaster - Stored WX853 - De Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre, London Colney - Stored WX905 - Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe Show Ground - Display

Venom FB.50:

J-1605 - Gatwick Aviation Museum, Charlwood - Display J-1632 - De Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre, London Colney - Stored WR421 - Bournemouth Aviation Museum, Bournemouth - Display

Venom FB.54:

WR410 - De Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre, London Colney - Display J-1704 - Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford Airfield - Display

Sea Venom FAW.21:

WW217 - Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe Show Ground - Display XG613 - Imperial War Museum, Duxford Aerodrome - Display

Sea Venom FAW.22:

WM571 - Solent Sky, Southampton - Stored WW138 - Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton Airfield - Stored WW145 - Museum of Flight, East Fortune Aerodrome - Display XG680 - North East Aircraft Museum, Sunderland - Display XG730 - De Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre, London Colney - Display

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