The De Havilland Vampire made its maiden flight on September 20, 1943, at Hatfield Aerodrome. Production accelerated in the mid-1940s, with companies like English Electric contributing to the build.

The de Havilland Sea Vampire was the first jet-powered plane to land on an aircraft carrier. The Vampire Mk II aircraft model has been preserved at the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Museum.

The de Havilland Vampire fighter jet successfully landed on the HMS Ocean aircraft carrier in December 1945. See photos of the historic flight.

The De Havilland Vampire jet, which flew during the Korean War, has sat perched up on a pole in Forbes since 1971, overlooking the town's lake. After it crash-landed just west of the town in the ...

Built in 1958 by F+W Emmen in collaboration with de Havilland Switzerland, this two-seat jet trainer was one of 39 Vampire T.55 aircraft used by the Swiss Air Force, with nine of the final batch ...

de Havilland Vampire on display at the EAA Aviation Museum's Eagle Hangar, July 2, 2025. (Photo courtesy: EAA) The other piece of the display is a P-80 Shooting Star from EAA's collection.

The de Havilland Vampire fighter jet successfully landed on the HMS Ocean aircraft carrier in December 1945. See photos of the historic flight.

The Sea Vampire made history as the first jet-powered aircraft to land on a carrier in 1945. The UK and US navies developed fighter jets to operate aboard aircraft carriers after World War II. The de ...

A Royal Navy De Havilland Sea Vampire performs a touch-and-go landing aboard the US aircraft carrier USS Antietam. US Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Following the successful fight landing and ...