MARTIN-BAKER MB.2
- Single private-venture prototype broadly responding to Specification
F.5/34 and first flown at Denham on August 3, 1938. Powered by a 725 hp
Napier Dagger HIM, the Martin-Baker MB.2 carried eight 0.303-in (7.7-mm)
Brownings in the wings and had a fixed, trousered undercarriage. Initially
tested with markings M-B-1 (G-AEZD not carried), the MB.2 was acquired
by Air Ministry in June 1939 as P9594 and returned to A & AEE for
second assessment after mods to tail control surfaces. It also spent some
time at the AFDU, Northolt, before returning to Martin-Baker late in 1939,
where it still survived in December 1941, although probably flown little
or not at all after outbreak of war.
Max speed, 320 mph (515 km/h).
Gross weight, 5,537 Ib (2,512 kg). Span, 34ft 0 in (10.36 m). Length,
34ft 6 in (10.51 m).
