P.V.8 / Eastchurch Kitten | |
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Port Victoria P.V.8 Eastchurch Kitten circa 1917. | |
Role | Fighter |
Manufacturer | RNAS Marine Experimental Aircraft Depot, Port Victoria |
Designer | G H Millar |
First flight | 7 September 1917 |
Status | Prototype |
Number built | 1 |
The Port Victoria P.V.8 Eastchurch Kitten was a prototype British fighter aircraft of the First World War designed and built by the Port Victoria Marine Experimental Aircraft Depot on the Isle of Grain. It was a small and light biplane with a conventional wheeled undercarriage intended to operate from platforms on small ships, but while it had good handling, an unreliable and underpowered engine meant that the aircraft did not enter production, with only one prototype being completed.