Sea Venom/Aquilon | |
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![]() Operational Royal Navy Sea Venom FAW.22 at RAF Chivenor in 1969 | |
General information | |
Type | Fighter-bomber |
National origin | United Kingdom |
Manufacturer | de Havilland Aircraft Company SNCASE |
Primary users | Royal Navy |
History | |
First flight | 19 April 1951 |
Retired | 1970 |
Developed from | de Havilland Venom |
The de Havilland DH.112 Sea Venom is a British postwar carrier-capable jet aircraft developed from the de Havilland Venom. It served with the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm and with the Royal Australian Navy. The French Navy operated the Aquilon, developed from the Sea Venom FAW.20, built under licence by SNCASE (Sud-Est).