DE HAVILLAND DH.95 FLAMINGO
and DE HAVILLAND DH.95 HERTFORDSHIRE
- The DH.95 was designed by a team headed by R E Bishop as a twin-engined
12/17-pas-senger commercial transport, the prototype flying on December
28, 1938, with 890 hp .
Perseus XIIC engines. Two ordered as VIP transports for King's Flight
to Specification 21/39, delivered September 1940, and one as communications
aircraft for No 24 Sqn to Specification 20/39 delivered May 1940. One
DH.95 De Havilland Hertfordshire military transport version built to Specification
19/39, with smaller cabin windows and other changes; production contract
for 30 cancelled. Eleven production civil De Havilland Flamingoes built
of which three plus the prototype impressed for No 24 Sqn and FAA use;
eight others with 930 hp Perseus XVI engines delivered to BOAC 1940/41
and based in Middle East through-out the war.
