The AMC DH.9 (Aircraft Manufacturing Company de Havilland design 9) bomber was intended to be an evolutionary successor to the highly regarded 275hp V12 Rolls Royce Eagle powered DH.4. Due to the existing and expected demand for Rolls Royce Eagle engines in the rapidly expanding RFC & RNAS the DH.9 was designed to be powered by the BHP (Beardmore-Halford-Pullinger) ‘straight 6’ engine which initially promised 300hp. The DH.9 utilized many proven components from the DH.4 such as wings, undercarriage, tailplane and basic fuselage design. Changes included moving the pilot rearwards for improved communication with the gunner, the petrol tank moved forward and the nose was redesigned to accommodate the new engine. It was intended to have a greater range than the DH.4 allowing it to bomb targets inside Germany. Alas it was not to be, and the DH.9 proved to be a great leap backwards.
- 40cm x 29cm.
- 287 high quality injection moulded parts.
- All new DH.9 fuselage, wings, undercarriage and engine.
- 28 part highly detailed 230hp Siddeley-Deasy Puma engine.
- Optional Zenith or Claudel-Hobson carburetters, exhausts, weighted tyres, 25 lb or 50 lb internal bomb cells.
- Optional single or double 100 lb, 112 lb and 230 lb bomb loads.
- 15 photo-etched metal detail parts.
- Fine in scale rib tape details.
- Full rigging diagrams.
