S.E.2 | |
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The S.E.2 in its final form, at the Royal Aircraft Factory, Farnborough | |
Role | Scout aircraft |
National origin | United Kingdom |
Manufacturer | Royal Aircraft Factory |
Designer | Geoffrey de Havilland (B.S.1) |
First flight | March 1913 |
Introduction | 1914 |
Retired | 1915 |
Primary user | Royal Flying Corps |
Number built | 1 |
The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.2 (Scout Experimental) was an early British single-seat scout aircraft. Designed and built at the Royal Aircraft Factory in 1912–13 as the B.S.1, the prototype was rebuilt several times before serving with the Royal Flying Corps over the Western Front in the early months of the First World War.