Airco DH2

The Airco DH.2 was a single-seat biplane "pusher" aircraft which operated as a fighter during the First World War. It was the second pusher design by aeronautical engineer Geoffrey de Havilland for Airco, based on his earlier DH.1 two-seater.

The design of DH.2 was greatly influenced by the technologies available at the time, as Britain had not yet developed a synchronisation gear to match the German system, this had compelled British fighters to adopt the pushed configuration, such as the DH.2 and the F.E.2b. Development of the type had begun before the emergence of the German's Fokker Eindecker monoplane fighter; these two aircraft became fierce adversaries following the DH.2's introduction. During July 1915, the prototype DH.2 performed its maiden flight; it was lost during the following month on the Western Front.

1/144 scale for use with Wings of War Game