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FS2004 DeHavilland DH9. The D.H.9 was designed to be the successor to the DH-4, with higher speed and greater load-carrying capability. Although it was structurally only a modest revision of the earlier model, higher performance was anticipated from use of the 300 hp Siddeley-Puma engine. Development troubles with the Puma engine produced performance that was inferior to the earlier DH-4. Yet the DH-9 was constructed in large numbers (over 3000 airframes) with the intent that it form the backbone of the Independent Force, the RAF strategic bombing group. Model, panel and textures by Chris Herring.