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 |name=R.A.F. B.E.2d
 |image=
}}{{Infobox aircraft type
 |type=Reconnaissance
 |manufacturer=[[R.A.F.]]
 |designer=
 |first flight=
 |introduced=spring 1916<ref name=Lamberton48>Lamberton, p.48.</ref>
 |primary user={{xUserCountry|UK}}
 |more users={{xUserCountry|Belgium}}<ref name=Lamberton48>Lamberton, p.48.</ref>
 |number built=&gt;191{{citation needed}}{{refn|group=note|1308 combined BE2c and BE2d production<ref name=Lamberton48>Lamberton, p.48.</ref>}}
 |variants with their own articles=
 |developed from=[[R.A.F. B.E.2c]]
 |engine=90hp RAF 1a{{refn|group=note|Machines supplied to Belgium sometimes used the 150hp Hispano-Suiza.<ref name=Lamberton48>Lamberton, p.48.</ref>}}
 |armament=unsynchronized Lewis<br>(various mounts)
 |crew=2
 |speed={{xUnitMph|89}} <ref name=Bruce69-370>Bruce'69, p.370.</ref><ref name=Lamberton214>Lamberton, pp.214-215.</ref>
 |climb={{xUnitFt|2000}} in 7:55<ref name=Lamberton214>Lamberton, pp.214-215.</ref><br>{{xUnitFt|5000}} in 24:00<ref name=Lamberton214>Lamberton, pp.214-215.</ref><br>{{xUnitFt|6500}} in 17:35<br>{{xUnitFt|10000}} in 33:40 <ref name=Bruce69-370>Bruce'69, p.370.</ref>
 |ceiling_svc={{xUnitFt|7000}}<ref name=Lamberton214>Lamberton, pp.214-215.</ref> to {{xUnitFt|12000}} <ref name=Bruce69-370>Bruce'69, p.370.</ref>
 |wingspan={{xUnitFtIn|36|10}} <ref name=Lamberton214>Lamberton, pp.214-215.</ref>
}}
|}

The '''R.A.F. B.E.2d''' was a minor upgrade to the [[R.A.F. B.E.2c]], most easily distinguished by the large fuel tank attached below the
center section of the upper wing.
It also had dual controls.
Aerodynamically it behaved identically to the BE.2c.
<ref name=Bruce69-364>Bruce'69, p.364.</ref>

{{xReferenceWikipedia|Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2}}

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