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07-23-2016, 09:18 AM

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Good guess Cris and your up!

The Nighthawk it is.Developed two years before J.R. Mitchell became the Supermarine Chief Engineer as an anti-Zeppelin aircraft it was too slow and could not reach adequate ceiling to be effective. As well as the Davis gun it had a searchlight powered by an Auxiliary Power Unit, believed to be the first usage of an APU in aircraft, they had been used in airships before.

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