Air Pictorial 1977-05 / J.Holmes - The Hart Family (2)

The first production Demon, K2842, which flew on 10th February 1933. Cut-down rear cockpit, with canted ring to give the gunner a better field of fire, was the main feature which distinguished it from the Hart

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-10 / A.Lumsden - On silver wings (13)

Another photograph of K2842, the first production Hawker Demon.

Aeroplane Monthly 1978-08 / Personal album

An unusual photograph depicting Hawker Demon I K2842 with No 4 Flying Training School at Abu Suier, Egypt, in February 1934. Normally a two-seat fighter with a Lewis on a gun ring in the rear cockpit, this example has had that position faired over, making it a single-seater.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-07 / A.Lumsden, T.Heffernan - Probe Probare (5)

The fighter variant of the Hart, re-named Demon in July 1932. From October 1936 Boulton Paul-built Demons featured a Frazer-Nash hydraulic turret.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-10 / A.Lumsden - On silver wings (13)

Hawker Demon K2842 served with Nos 23, 601 and 604 Sqns after trials with the A&AEE. In April 1940 it became an instructional airframe. This first production Demon is fitted with standard tilted Scarff gun ring.

Flight 1936-06 / Flight

The Hawker Demon is a two-seater fighter. The Demon and Fury mount the 600 h.p. Rolls-Royce Kestrel.

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Flight 1935-06 / Flight

The "Demon" two-seater is fitted with the 525 h.p. supercharged water-cooled "Kestrel."

Air Pictorial 1977-05 / J.Holmes - The Hart Family (2)

The Demon was introduced into R.A F. service in March 1931 when six pre-production "Hart Fighters" were delivered to No. 23 Squadron at Kenley. Shown here in No. 23's colours are four of the first true production Demons

Flight 1935-05 / Flight

"Demon" two-seater fighters of No. 23 (F) Squadron, at Biggin Hill, in "echelon stepped up" formation.

Flight 1935-06 / Flight

Two-seater fighters were much used during the war and were re-introduced into the R.A.F. a few years ago. The "Demon" is the standard type, and the picture shows a flight of "Demons" of No. 23 (Fighter) Squadron, which is stationed at Biggin Hill.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-11 / O.Thetford - On silver wings (14)

TWO-SEATER FIGHTERS: A fine close-up aerial photograph ol No. 41 (Fighter) Squadron, from Northolt. It is equipped with Hawker "Demons" and the squadron marking is a broad red band.
A formation of 41 Sqn Demons up from RAF Northolt in 1935.

Air International 1982-05 / Fighter A to Z

The Demon was the first two-seat fighter to be introduced by the RAF since WWI and was essentially a derivative of the Hart light bomber.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-10 / Personal album. Military

A good formation photograph of Hawker Demon K3776.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-10 / Personal album. Military

This formation photograph of Hawker Demons includes K3776 and K3790, both delivered to the RAF during the second half of 1934.

Aeroplane Monthly 1984-11 / L.Coombs - The expanding years 1936-1939 (1)

Hawker Demons remained in RAF service well into the late Thirties.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-11 / O.Thetford - On silver wings (14)

Hawker Demon I K3974 of 29 Sqn, 15,000ft above Epping, Essex, on July 22, 1935. After passing to 41 Sqn, this Demon crashed while landing at Catterick on September 6, 1937.

Air Pictorial 1988-01 / J.Rawlings - No.29 Squadron - First with Tornado F.3

Hawker Demon K3976, with two red Xs. while the squadron was at Amriya. Egypt, during the Abyssinian crisis

Air Pictorial 1977-05 / J.Holmes - The Hart Family (2)

Demons of No. 29 Squadron, North Weald, practising for the 1935 Empire Air Day. Squadron colours consisted of red cross-hatching on fuselage sides and upper wing

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-11 / O.Thetford - On silver wings (14)

Three 29 Sqn Demons. Nearest the camera is K3982, which later flew with Nos 601 and 600 Sqns before being relegated to a maintenance unit in October 1940. K2983, in the background, collided with K4538 and crashed near Dover on November 5, 1937.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-11 / O.Thetford - On silver wings (14)

FIENDISH ACCURACY: The Hawker Demon two-seater fighters of No. 604 (County of Middlesex) (fighter) Squadron, under the command of Sqdn. Ldr. C. P. Gabriel, rehearsing air drill for the R.A.F. Display on June 27, 1936. Any inaccuracies - which were conspicuous by their absence - would have been hidden from the permanent audience in the Hendon district by a curtain of clouds which, let us hope, will be completely rung up for the great day.

Aeroplane Monthly 1982-06 / J.Yoxall - County of Middlesex Demons

Flight 1936-07 / Flight

The Controlling Demon: Sqn. Ldr. Gabriel and his Familiar Spirit.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-11 / O.Thetford - On silver wings (14)

Classic Flight photograph of 604 (County of Warwick) Sqn Demons flying from their RAF Hendon base in July 1936.

Flight 1936-07 / Flight

SYMMETRY in the SKY: An aerial staircase by No. 604: An excellent example of the difficult formation known as "Echelon to the Right, Stepped up."

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-11 / O.Thetford - On silver wings (14)

Three 208 (Army Co­operation) Sqn Demons flying over Cairo, Egypt, in December 1935. They were based at RAF Heliopolis.

Flight 1937-06 / Flight

Dramatic "shot" of Demons of No. 64 (F.) Squadron, a tight echelon

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-02 / Personal album. Military

Two 607 Squadron Demons up from RAF Usworth in the Thirties. K5683 was the first of a batch of 59 Demon Is delivered to the RAF between September 1936 and July 1937.

Air Pictorial 1977-05 / J.Holmes - The Hart Family (2)

Intimate close-up of Demon K5687, with K5683-5 behind, of No. 607 (County of Durham) Squadron, an Auxiliary unit based at Usworth, in the spring of 1938

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-02 / Personal album. Military

Two Hawker Demons of 607 Squadron (County of Durham) RAuxAF, based at RAF Usworth in the Thirties. No 607 Squadron had Usworth as its base from March 1930 until August 1939, when it moved to Abbotsinch. K5687 and K5686 became 2198M and 2030M respectively in 1940.

Air Enthusiast 2003-11 / A.Brew - Proud heritage

Hawker Demons awaiting delivery outside the new factory at Pendeford.

Flight 1934-06 / Flight

"Demon" ("Kestrel") two-seater fighters of No. 23 (Fighter) Squadron.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-11 / O.Thetford - On silver wings (14)

Dramatic photograph of 64 Sqn Demons demonstrating dive bombing for Flight’s cameraman in June 1937. The squadron was then based at Martlesham Heath.

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THE COASTWISE PATROL: The three Auxiliary Air Force Squadrons of the London area have been enjoying a strenuous holiday at the seaside, No. 600 F.S. at Hawkinge, No. 601 at Lympne, and No. 604 at Tangmere. Here five Hawker Demons of 604 (County of Middlesex) (Fighter) Squadron are seen flying past Worthing.
Five 604 Sqn Demons off Worthing during the squadron’s summer camp in August 1936.

Flight 1935-07 / Flight

An aerial view taken from a "Demon" of No. 23 (Fighter) Squadron in the third phase of the fly-past at Duxford. There can be seen a flight of Hawker "Demons" of No. 142 (Bomber) Squadron.

Flight 1935-07 / Flight

An aerial view taken from a "Demon" of No. 23 (Fighter) Squadron in the third phase of the fly-past at Duxford. There can be seen a flight of Hawker "Demons" of No. 12 (Bomber) Squadron.

Flight 1937-10 / Flight

CLOSE COMPANY: Hawker Demon two-seater fighters (derated Kestrel V) of No. 64 (F) Squadron caught by the Flight camera immediately after a formation take-off at Martlesham Heath.

Flight 1930-10 / Flight

AS THE REAR GUNNER SEES IT: The Hawker Fleet Fighter with Rolls-Royce F.MS engine photographed from a Hawker "Hart." Mr. Bulman was piloting the "Hart," and the single setter was piloted by Mr. Sayer. Note that the two machines were making a turn, simulating a flight in which the two-seater is endeavouring to prevent the single-seater from getting "on its tail."

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Fairey Fox - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1925Hawker Hart - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-10 / Personal album. Military

A Hawker Demon gunner’s view of another Demon, closing in fast. The Demon was armed with twin Vickers guns forward and a single Lewis gun aft. The type entered RAF service with 23 Sqn.

Flight 1936-07 / Flight

Squadron V: The Hawker Demons of the Squadron against a fine background of clouds.

Air Pictorial 1977-05 / J.Holmes - The Hart Family (2)

Smart box formation of four No. 23 Squadron Demons bearing the red and blue squares squadron insignia on their upper wings and fuselage sides

Aeroplane Monthly 1982-06 / J.Yoxall - County of Middlesex Demons

The Spearhead: The squadron in another of its display formations.

Flight 1935-05 / Flight

EMPIRE AIR DAY: A diamond formation by "Demons" of No. 23 Squadron, from Biggin Hill.

Air Pictorial 1977-05 / J.Holmes - The Hart Family (2)

Demons of No. 600 (City of London) Squadron, Hendon, peeling off. Note tailwheels instead of skids

Flight 1936-07 / Flight

For Hendon Display purposes: An unusual formation by No. 604 (County of Middlesex) (Fighter) Squadron.

Aeroplane Monthly 1982-06 / J.Yoxall - County of Middlesex Demons

Flight 1935-08 / Flight

No. 23 (Fighter) Squadron, which was the first unit to receive the "Demon" two-seater fighter, is here seen breaking from an echelon formation. Future "Demons" will have the 600 h.p. "Kestrel V."

Aeroplane Monthly 1982-06 / J.Yoxall - County of Middlesex Demons

Flight 1937-07 / Flight

"Archie" added to the fun with blank ammunition. In this picture he is seen with some Hawker Demons in the background.

Flight 1933-07 / Flight

DEMONS: The Secretary of State for Air inspecting No. 23 (F.) Squadron. He was accompanied by Air Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham and Group Capt. H. J. Hunter.

Flight 1931-07 / Flight

"STRAINING AT THE LEASH": The "Bulldogs" and fighter "Harts" of No. 23 (Fighter) Squadron waiting at Kenley for orders to go up and attack raiders.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Bristol Bulldog - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1927

Flight 1937-05 / Flight

BUSINESS BACKING: At the official opening party of the Midland Bank Flying Club. A general view of the proceedings - with one of the Club's two B.A. Swallows in the air, and, on the ground, one of the three Demons of No. 600 (F) Sqd. A.A.F. which put up a display during the afternoon.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: British Klemm L.25 Swallow - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1933

Flight 1936-05 / Flight

A camera gun on a Demon at Hendon casts its spell. Similar scenes were common at some fifty other military aerodromes.

Aeroplane Monthly 1979-03 / L.Curtis - Anything To Anywhere (3)

An ATA maintenance hangar "somewhere in England" in 1942. Behind the Lockheed Hudson are a Hurricane, Demon K4411, an Oxford, Master W8905, an Argus, a Tutor, a Havard and the tail of an Anson. All were used either for the training or movement of ATA pilots.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Airspeed Oxford / AS.10 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937Avro Anson / Type 652 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935Avro Tutor/Sea Tutor/Prefect / Type 621/646/626 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1929Fairchild C-61 Forwarder / Model 24 / Argus - СШАUSA - 1932Hawker Hurricane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935Lockheed Hudson A-28 / A-29 - СШАUSA - 1938Miles M.9 Kestrel / Master - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937North American T-6 Texan / AT-6 Harvard - СШАUSA - 1935

Aeroplane Monthly 1992-01 / M.Oakey - Grapevine

A substantial amount of Hawker Demon, which is destined to take to the air again one day as K8203.

Aeroplane Monthly 1994-03 / M.Oakey - Grapevine

Also at Skysport, and seen here nestling behind the Viima’s wings, is Aero Vintage Hawker Demon K8203. The fuselage and fin are complete, and the project is “resting” before work begins on the wings. Another current job at Skysport is former Mosquito Aircraft Museum B.E.2e A1325, being rebuilt to fly with an RAF Ia engine from Shuttleworth.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: VL Viima - ФинляндияFinland - 1936

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1938 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Hawker "Demon" Two-seat Fighter Biplane (Rolls-Royce "Kestrel" engine) as supplied to the Australian Government.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-01 / D.Middleton - Sammy Wroath /Test Pilot Profile/ (15)

One of the machines flown by Wroath at Martlesham: Australian Demon A1-1.

Flight 1938-09 / Flight

An Australian Demon general-purpose machine with Rolls-Royce Kestrel V engine.

Flight 1939-02 / Flight

An Australian Hawker Demon (Rolls-Royce Kestrel V) as used by the R.A.A.F. for general-purpose duties.

Flight 1935-03 / Flight

DEMONIACAL VERSATILITY. The first of the eighteen Hawker "Demon" two-seaters ordered by the Royal Australian Air Force is here seen being tested by Mr. M. Summers. These machines, which can be equipped for fighting, bombing, or for army co-operation work, are powered with the Rolls-Royce "Kestrel V" engine, supercharged to give a maximum of 640 h.p. at 14,000 ft. The top speed is in the neighbourhood of 190 m.p.h.

Flight 1935-12 / Flight

A number of specially equipped Demons (Kestrel V) have been supplied to Australia.

Flight 1937-11 / Flight

A flight of Australian Demons, incidentally, is seen making a diving attack.

Flight 1938-02 / Flight

A flight of R.A.A.F. Hawker Demons (R.R. Kestrel II) over Australia’s new “streamlined” train.

Flight 1939-11 / Flight

Over the Commonwealth, two flights of Hawker Demons.

Flight 1939-02 / Flight

Hawker Demons of No. 3 Squadron, R.A.A.F. m line abreast near Penrith, New South Wales

Aeroplane Monthly 1987-01 / M.Oakey - Grapevine

Hawker Demon A1-8, the world's only complete example, at RAAF Richmond, NSW, Australia on October 29, 1986.

Flight 1938-09 / Flight

Through the hangar doors at Richmond, the largest station of the R.A.A.F. The Blue Mountains are seen in the distance.

Air Enthusiast 1995-09 / C.Owers - Bulldog Breed

Laverton aerodrome circa 1939. Behind the Avro Ansons can be seen Supermarine Seagull V amphibians, the sole Miles Magister purchased for the RAAF, Bulldogs, a Moth and Demon.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Anson / Type 652 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935Bristol Bulldog - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1927De Havilland Gipsy Moth / Moth X - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928Miles M.14 Magister - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937Supermarine Walrus/Seagull V - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1933

Flight 1937-11 / Flight

DEMONS DOWN UNDER: Permanent personnel of the Royal Australian Air Force in training at Laverton aerodrome. Their headgear is worthy of note. The aircraft nearest the camera are Hawker Demons (R. R. Kestrel V) which, as supplied to Australia, are really general purpose machines with fully supercharged engines. A pair of Ansons may be descried farther down the tarmac, together with additional Demons.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Anson / Type 652 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935

Flight 1936-04 / Flight

A Moth and Hawker Demons of the R.A.A.F. The Australian Demons are equipped for bombing as well as for fighting, carry army co-operation gear such as message hooks, and use the Kestrel V engine.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: De Havilland Gipsy Moth / Moth X - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928

Air Pictorial 1956-01 / B.Robertson - Commonwealth military serials (1)

First of sixty-four Australian Demons for the R.A A.F.
A1 was first allotted to Imperial Gift D.H.9As in 1920. It was re-allotted in 1934 when eighteen Hawker Demons were purchased from Britain, the first of which is shown above before delivery. By 1939 over sixty Demons were numbered in the A1 series.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1938 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

J9933 (Rolls-Royce "Kestrel" engine), the first production aircraft, was retained by Hawker's for trials. Shown fitted with Frazer-Nash "lobster-back" turret later adopted for the Demon

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-11 / O.Thetford - On silver wings (14)

Hawker Demon K8189 flew with 64 Sqn before passing to 1 Air Armament School.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-10 / A.Lumsden - On silver wings (13)

Hawker Demon K5695 was delivered to the RAF towards the end of 1936 and served initially with 23 Sqn. It later passed to No 9 Bombing and Gunnery School and 14 FTS before being struck off charge in December 1940.

Air Pictorial 1977-05 / J.Holmes - The Hart Family (2)

Turret Demon K5705 of No. 23 Squadron in 1938, just before the squadron re-equipped with Blenheim IFs

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-10 / A.Lumsden - On silver wings (13)

The prototype Demon, built as a Hart bomber in 1929, taking off from Brooklands fitted with the Frazer Nash "lobster-shell" turret, fitted in May 1934.

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Самолеты поздней постройки ("Boulton-Paul") отличались турелями Frazer-Nash с гидроприводами, закрытыми обтекателями "lobster-back" и были известны как "Turret Demon" (на фотографии).
Hawker Turret Demon.

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-10 / A.Lumsden - On silver wings (13)

Aeroplane Monthly 1991-10 / A.Lumsden - On silver wings (13)

Another view of the Demon prototype fitted with the Frazer-Nash turret. J9933 eventually became an instructional airframe in August 1938.

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

A Hawker Demon two-seater fighter, showing the installation of the Nash and Thompson power-driven gun turret.

Flight 1937-06 / Flight

A CRUSTACEAN DEMON: The Nash and Thompson turret on a Hawker Demon. The shield portion is reminiscent of a lobster's tail and in this view is seen folded down, being linked with the elevating mechanism.

Flight 1938-02 / Flight

A Hawker Demon with Nash and Thompson gun turret. The Demon has been the standard R.A.F. two-seater fighter for seven years.

Flight 1937-11 / Flight

The Nash and Thompson gun turret fitted to a Hawker Demon, with Flight's representative demonstrating firing over the side.

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

HAWKER DEMON: Fighter (Kestrel V de-rated engine - 625 h.p. at 12,000ft.); span, 37ft. 3in.; gross weight, 4,490 lb.; max. speed 185 m.p.h. (approx.) at 15,000ft.

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

A flight of Hurricanes of No. 111 (F.) Squadron gets away over three representative fighter types - Hurricane, Gladiator and Demon I (with turret).

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Gloster Gladiator - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934Hawker Hurricane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935