Royal Aircraft Factory A.E.2

A.E.2
Role	Ground attack aircraft Type of aircraft
National origin	United Kingdom
Manufacturer	Royal Aircraft Factory
Status	design study only
Number built	none

The Royal Aircraft Factory A.E.2 (Armed or Armoured Experimental) was a proposed British armoured ground attack aircraft of the First World War.^[1]

Design

The A.E.2m, conceived in 1917, was intended to be an armoured nacelle tractor biplane design.^[1] The wingspan of the aircraft would have been 42 feet 7 inches. However, the design never entered the hardware phase.^{[citation needed]}