Hanriot H.D.2

Hanriot H.D.2
Role	Seaplane fighter
Manufacturer	Hanriot
First flight	summer 1917
Introduction	October 1917
Primary users	France U.S.A.
Number built	≥130
Developed from	Hanriot H.D.1
Engine	130hp Clerget 9B rotary or 110-120hp Le Rhône rotary
Armament	1-2×sync. fixed Vickers
Crew	1
Max Speed	182 km/h (113 mph) to 190 km/h (118 mph)
Climb	2,000 m (6,560 ft) in 6:30
Ceiling	4,800 m (15,700 ft)
Range	300 km (190 mi)
Endurance	3:00

The Hanriot H.D.2 was a floatplane version of the Hanriot H.D.1 fighter with (on later models) an enlarged rudder and fin that extended below the waterline. Like the H.D.1, it started with a single Vickers gun, but later seaplane HDs were armed with twin Vickers guns because the corresponding loss in performance was not as critical to their mission. Likewise the heavier 130hp Clerget was preferred to the lighter Le Rhône. While Aviation Militaire had declined to build the HD.1, Aviation Maritime accepted deliveries of up to 130 HD.2's.

The US Navy purchased twenty-six HD.2s to accompany their Donnet-Denhaut flying boats working out of Dunkerque. They flew over five hundred escort missions but did not encounter German seaplane-fighters.

For more information, see Wikipedia:Hanriot HD.2.

Game Data

Wings of Glory

Unofficial Stats

Availability	Maneuver	Damage	Dmg Points	Max Alt.	Climb
17Q4-18Q4	F	A	15	11	4

Plane and Crew Cards

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  Dunkerque
  Le Creuer
  RAF

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  Dunkerque
  Le Guennec
  RAF

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  Dunkerque
  RAF

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  Guntruck

Card Links

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Miniatures and Models

1:144 Scale

• Shapeways Full-Color: Reduced Aircraft Factory French D.30, D.37; U.S. Navy
• Shapeways Paintable:
  • Early model: Reduced Aircraft Factory
  • Late model: Columbia Aerodrome, Reduced Aircraft Factory, wow

1:285/6mm/1:288 Scale

• Shapeways: Reduced Aircraft Factory

Resources

Isometric Top Views

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  single Vickers

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  twin Vickers

References

Notes

Citations

Bibliography

• Gregory Alegi, Windsock Datafile 92: Hanriot HD.1/HD.2. Great Britain, Albatros Publications, Ltd., 2002. ISBN 1-902207-47-5
• Dr. James J. Davilla and Arthur M. Soltan. French Aircraft of the First World War. Flying Machines Press, 1997. ISBN 0-9637110-4-0.