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 |image=RAF_SE2a001a.jpg
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 |type=Fighter
 |manufacturer=[[R.A.F.]]
 |designer=
 |first flight=1913
 |introduced=Oct 1914 <ref name=Bruce69-440>Bruce'69, p.440.</ref>
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 |number built=1
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 |engine=80hp Gnome rotary
 |armament=small arms
 |crew=1
 |speed={{xUnitMph|96}} <ref name=Bruce69-440>Bruce'69, p.440.</ref><ref name=Lamberton214>Lamberton, pp.214-215.</ref>
 |wingspan={{xUnitFtIn|27|6}} <ref name=Lamberton214>Lamberton, pp.214-215.</ref>
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The '''R.A.F. S.E.2a''' was a one-off experimental machine built in 1913.
It was not sent to France immediately, but in October 1914 it joined &#8470; 3 Squadron at Moyenneville, where it lasted until March 1915.
Its pilots were impressed, saying "Its speed enabled it to circle round the enemy's machines and gave it a decided ascendancy."
<ref name=Bruce69-440>Bruce'69, p.440.</ref>

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