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{{Short description|British short-haul airliner produced 1946–1967}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
{{lowercase title|de Havilland Dove}}
{{Infobox aircraft
 |name = DH.104 Dove
 |image = File:De Havilland DH104 Dove 8 ‘D-INKA’ (cropped).jpg
 |image_border = 
 |caption = A 1949 de Havilland Dove (2017 air show)
 |type = Short-haul airliner
 |national_origin= United Kingdom
 |manufacturer = [[de Havilland]]
 |designer = <!--only appropriate for single designers, not project leaders-->
 |first_flight = {{start date and age|1945|09|25|df=y}}
 |introduction = 
 |retired 
 |status = Limited service
 |primary_user = 
 |more_users = 
 |produced = 1946–1967
 |number_built = 544<ref name="Bae History">{{Cite web|url=https://www.baesystems.com/en/heritage/de-havilland-dh104-dove---devon|title = De Havilland DH104 Dove & Devon}}</ref>
 |variants = 
 |developed_into= [[de Havilland Heron]]<br />[[de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover]]
}}
The '''de Havilland DH.104 Dove''' is a British [[short-haul]] airliner developed and manufactured by [[de Havilland]]. The design, which was a [[monoplane]] successor to the pre-war [[de Havilland Dragon Rapide|Dragon Rapide]] [[biplane]], came about from the [[Brabazon Committee]] report which, amongst other aircraft types, called for a British-designed short-haul feeder for airlines.<ref name="Jackdh p443">Jackson 1987, p. 443.</ref>

The Dove was a popular aircraft and is considered to be one of Britain's most successful postwar civil designs, with over 500 aircraft manufactured between 1946 and 1967. Several military variants were operated, such as the ''Devon'' by the [[Royal Air Force]] and the ''Sea Devon'' by the [[Royal Navy]], and the type also saw service with a number of overseas military forces.

A longer four-engined development of the Dove, intended for use in the less developed areas of the world, was the [[de Havilland Heron|Heron]]. A considerably re-designed three-engined variant of the Dove was built in Australia as the [[de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover]].

==Development and design==
The development team for the Dove was headed by [[Ronald Eric Bishop|Ronald Bishop]],<ref name="Jackdh p443"/> the creator of the [[de Havilland Mosquito]], a wartime fighter-bomber, and the [[de Havilland Comet]], the first commercial jet aircraft in the world. It had been developed to meet the ''Type VB'' requirement issued by the [[Brabazon Committee]].<ref name = "dove a">''de Havilland Dove'' 30 May 1946. p. 547a.</ref> In concept, the Dove was developed to be the replacement of the pre-war [[de Havilland Dragon Rapide|Dragon Rapide]].<ref name="Jackdh p443"/> It was also required to be competitive with the large numbers of surplus military transports in the aftermath of the [[Second World War]], such as the [[Douglas DC-3]].<ref name = "dove 399">''The de Havilland Dove'' 12 April 1945, p. 399.</ref> Unlike the Dragon Rapide, the Dove's structure was entirely metal.<ref name="flying mag"/><ref name = "hsa"/> It featured innovations including [[constant-speed propeller]]s, [[Flap (aeronautics)|flaps]], and a retractable [[tricycle landing gear|tricycle undercarriage]].<ref>[https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1954/1954%20-%200209.html "de Havilland Heron."] ''Flight International'', 22 January 1954. p. 97.</ref><ref name="Jackdh p443"/>

In 1946, aviation magazine [[Flight International|''Flight'']] praised the qualities of the newly developed Dove, noting its "modernity" as well as the aircraft's load-carrying capacity, safe engine-failure performance, and positive maintenance features.<ref name = "dove a"/> Considerable attention was paid to aspects of maintainability, many of the components being designed to be interchangeable and easy to remove or replace, such as the [[rudder]], [[elevator]], and power units; other areas include the mounting of the engines upon four quick-release pickup points, the routing of cables and piping, and the detachable wings and tail cone.<ref>''de Havilland Dove'' 30 May 1946. pp. 547b-547d.</ref> The extensive use of special [[Redux (adhesive)|Redux]] metal-bonding [[adhesive]]s reduced the need for [[rivet]]ing during the manufacturing process, reducing overall weight and air-skin [[friction]].<ref name = "dove d">''de Havilland Dove'' 30 May 1946. p. 547d.</ref>

While standard passenger versions of the Dove would carry between eight and eleven passengers, the cabin was designed to allow operators to convert between higher and lower density seating configurations.<ref name = "dove 547"/> Features such as a single [[aircraft lavatory]] and an aft [[baggage|luggage compartment]] could be removed to provide increased seating.<ref name = "dove 400">''The de Havilland Dove'' 12 April 1945, p. 400.</ref> Various specialised models were produced for other roles, such as [[aerial survey]], [[air medical services|air ambulance]], and flying [[classroom]].<ref name = "dove mod">[https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1953/1953%20-%200306.html "Commercial Aircraft 1953."] ''Flight International'', 6 March 1953. p. 304.</ref> A strengthened cabin floor structure was used to enable concentrated freight loads to be carried as well.<ref name = "dove 547">''de Havilland Dove'' 30 May 1946. p. 547.</ref> The Dove could also serve as an [[business jet|executive transport]], and in such a configuration it was capable of seating five passengers; the executive model proved to be popular with various overseas customers, particularly those in the United States.<ref name="flying mag">Jerram, Mike. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Pad9ezFU-8EC&pg=PA45 "The last de Havilland."] ''Flying Magazine'', 120 (9). p. 43.</ref>

The crew typically consisted of a pilot and [[radio operator]], although rapidly removable dual [[Aircraft flight control system|flight controls]] could be installed for a second flying crewmember.<ref name = "dove a"/> A combination of large windows and a transparent [[perspex]] cabin roof provided a high level of visibility from the cockpit.<ref name = "dove 547"/><ref name = "schlager 64">Schlaeger September 1961, p. 64.</ref> From a piloting perspective, the Dove was noted for possessing easy flying qualities and mild [[stall (fluid mechanics)|stall]] qualities.<ref name = "schlager 66">Schlaeger September 1961, p. 66.</ref> A [[TKS (company)|TKS]] [[Ice protection system#TKS Ice Protection|anti-icing]] system was available for the Dove, involving an [[Alcohol (chemistry)|alcohol]]-based jelly delivered via porous metal strips embedded on the leading edges of the wings and tail.<ref name = "schlager 64"/>

==Operational service==
[[File:DH.104 Devon NZ1802 RNZAF 42 Sqn WELL 21.04.71 edited-2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Royal New Zealand Air Force|RNZAF]] Devon C.1 of 42 Squadron at [[Wellington Airport]] in 1971]]

The Dove first flew on 25 September 1945.<ref name="Jackdh p443"/> In December 1946, the Dove entered service with [[Central African Airways]].<ref name = "hsa">[https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1964/1964%20-%202936.html "Hawker Siddeley Aviation."] ''Flight International'', 26 November 1964. p. 919.</ref> Initial production of the Dove took place at de Havilland's [[Hatfield Aerodrome|Hatfield]] factory, but from 1951 the aircraft were built at the company's [[Hawarden Airport|Broughton]] facility near [[Chester]].<ref name="Jackdh p444">Jackson 1987, p. 444.</ref>  The final example of the type was delivered in 1967. Production of the Dove and its variants totalled 544 aircraft,<ref name="Bae History"/> including two prototypes, 127 military-orientated ''Devon''s and 13 ''Sea Devon''s.

From 1946, large numbers were sold to scheduled and charter airlines around the world, replacing and supplementing the pre-war designed [[de Havilland Dragon Rapide]] and other older designs. The largest order for the Dove was placed by Argentina, which ultimately took delivery of 70 aircraft,<ref name="Jackdh p445">Jackson 1987, p. 445.</ref> the majority of which were used by the [[Argentine Air Force]]. [[LAN Chile]] took delivery of twelve examples and these were operated from 1949 onwards until the aircraft were sold to several small regional airlines in the United States in 1954.<ref name="Sykes 1972">Sykes 1972</ref>{{page needed|date=October 2011}}

In excess of 50 Doves were sold to various operators in the United States by Jack Riley, an overseas distributor for the type. De Havilland later assumed direct control of U.S. sales, but did not manage to match this early commercial success for the type.<ref>Collins, Richard L. [https://books.google.com/books?id=V3KV2vl-u38C&pg=PA8 "On Top: Life of Riley."] ''Flying Magazine'', April 1975. 96(4). p. 8.</ref>

An early batch of 30 Devons was delivered to the [[Royal Air Force]]<ref name="jackdh p446">Jackson 1987, p. 446.</ref> and they were used as VIP and light transports for over 30 years. The [[Royal New Zealand Air Force]] acquired 30 Devons between 1948 and 1954, and these remained in service for VIP, crew-training and light transport duties into the 1970s.<ref name="Sykes 1972"/>{{page needed|date=October 2011}}

The [[Biafran Air Force]] operated a single Dove during the [[Nigerian Civil War]]; the aircraft was lost, to be subsequently found in 1970 on the premises of a school in [[Uli, Anambra|Uli]].<ref name = acig>Cooper, Tom. [http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_351.shtml "Civil War in Nigeria (Biafra), 1967–1970."] ''Acig.org'' 13 November 2003.</ref> A second US-registered Riley Dove, N477PM delivered in 1967 to [[Port Harcourt]] from Switzerland, never reached Biafra because it was stopped by Algerian authorities.<ref name = acig/>

A Dove served as the first official aircraft of a Paraguayan head of state during the rule of [[Alfredo Stroessner]]. It was subsequently replaced by a [[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.ip.gov.py/ip/china-taiwan-dono-aeronave-a-la-fuerza-aerea-paraguaya/ |title=Tras dos décadas Paraguay vuelve a tener aeronave oficial para vuelo presidencial |date=10 December 2019 |access-date=6 May 2024 |publisher=Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación |location=Asunción |language=Spanish}}</ref>

A few Doves and civilianised Devons remained in use in 2011 in the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and elsewhere with small commercial firms and with private pilot owners.

==Variants==
[[File:DH.104 Dove 1 G-AHRB Skyways Ringway 05.06.48 edited-2.jpg|thumb|right|Early production Dove 1 of [[Skyways (British airline)|Skyways]] in June 1948]]
[[File:dh.dove.750pix.jpg|thumb|Dove G-OPLC in 2003]]
* '''Dove 1''' : Light transport aircraft, seating up to 11 passengers. Powered by two {{cvt|330|hp}}) [[de Havilland Gipsy Queen|de Havilland Gipsy Queen 70-3]] [[piston engine]]s.<ref name = "gunston 158">Gunston 1980, p. 158.</ref><ref name="jackdh p4467">Jackson 1987, pp. 446–446</ref>
** '''Dove 1B''' : Dove Mk 1 aircraft, fitted with two {{cvt|340|hp}} Gipsy Queen 70-4 piston engines.<ref name="jackdh p446"/>
* '''Dove 2''' : Executive transport version, seating up to six passengers. Powered by two {{cvt|330|hp}} Gipsy Queen 70-3 piston engines.<ref name="jackdh p4467"/>
** '''Dove 2B''' : Dove Mk 2 aircraft, fitted with two {{cvt|340|hp}} Gipsy Queen 70-4 piston engines.<ref name="jackdh p446"/>
* '''Dove 3''' : Proposed high-altitude survey version. Not built.<ref name="jackdh p446"/>
* '''Dove 4''' : Military transport and communications version.<ref name="jackdh p446"/>
** '''Devon C Mk 1''' : Transport and communications version for the [[RAF]].<ref name="jackdh p446"/>
** '''Devon C Mk 2''' : Transport and communications version for the RAF. Re-engined version of the Devon C Mk 1 fitted with revised cockpit and two {{cvt|400|hp}} Gipsy Queen 175 piston engines.<ref name="jackdh p449">Jackson 1987, p. 449</ref>
** '''Sea Devon C Mk 20''' : Transport and communications version for the [[Royal Navy]].<ref name="jackdh p446"/>
* '''Dove 5''' : Uprated version of the Dove 1, seating up to 11 passengers, with two {{cvt|380|hp}} Gipsy Queen 70 Mk2 piston engines.<ref name = "gunston 159">Gunston 1980, p. 159.</ref><ref name="jackdh p446"/>
* '''Dove 6''' : Uprated version of the Dove 2, a six seat executive transport aircraft, powered by two {{cvt|380|hp}} Gipsy Queen 70 Mk2 piston engines.<ref name = "gunston 159"/><ref name="jackdh p446"/> 
** '''Dove 6B''' : Stressed for operations at a maximum weight of {{cvt|8500|lb}}.<ref name="jackdh p446,0">Jackson 1987, pp. 446, 450</ref>
[[File:DH.104 Riley Dove N673R Long Beach CA 04.87-2.jpg|thumb|Riley Dove with Lycoming engines and taller swept fin at [[Long Beach airport]] in 1987]]
* '''Dove 7''' : Uprated version of the Dove 5, seating up to 11 passengers, fitted with two {{cvt|400|hp}} Gipsy Queen 70 Mk3 piston engines and revised cockpit.<ref name="jackdh p446"/>
* '''Dove 8''' : Uprated version of the six seat executive Dove 6, fitted with two {{cvt|400|hp}} Gipsy Queen 70 Mk3 piston engines and revised cockpit.<ref name="jackdh p446"/>
** '''Dove 8A''' : Five seater version of the Dove 8 for the U.S. market.<ref name = "gunston 159"/>
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* '''Dove Custom 800''' : A customised version of the Dove, carried out by Horton and Horton in [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]]. Typically outfitted with removable [[bulkhead (partition)|bulkhead]]s, various custom interiors were available, including airliner-orientated configurations.<ref>Schlaeger September 1961, pp. 30–31.</ref>
[[File:DH.104 Dove 1 Carstedt CJ600F Falcon N4921V ADD 19.10.75.jpg|thumb|right|Carstedt CJ600F stretched cargo conversion of a Dove 1 fitted with TPE331 turboprops, at Dallas Addison in 1975]]
* '''Carstedt Jet Liner 600''' : Conversions of the Dove, carried out by Carstedt Inc, of [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], [[California]], USA. The aircraft were fitted with two {{cvt|605|hp}} [[Garrett AiResearch TPE331]] [[turboprop]] engines. The [[fuselage]] was lengthened by {{cvt|87|in}} to accommodate 18 passengers.<ref>{{citation |url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1967/1967%20-%200085.html |magazine=Flight International |date=19 January 1967 |page=85 |title=Carstedt Jet Liner 600}}</ref><ref>Gunston 1980, pp. 159, 238.</ref> Only six aircraft were converted before one aircraft was lost due to a mid-air structural failure.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Carstedt Jet Liner 600A N4922V Coolidge, AZ|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19710506-0|access-date=2020-11-29|website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
* '''Riley Turbo Executive 400 / Riley Turbo-Exec 400 / Riley Dove 400''' : Conversions of the Dove, carried out by [[Riley Aeronautics Corp]] in the United States.<ref>Jane 1972, p. 432.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rileydove.com/ |title=Riley Dove |access-date=10 October 2019 |archive-date=10 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810113800/http://rileydove.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The aircraft were fitted with two {{cvt|400|hp}} [[Lycoming O-720|Lycoming IO-720-A1A]] flat-eight piston engines. Riley conversions were fitted with a taller swept vertical fin and rudder but those retaining the standard DH fin were named '''Riley Dove 2''' . During the late 1960s, Riley Aeronautics, at the [[Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport|Executive Airport]] in [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]], did interior refitting work on both the De Havilland Dove and the Heron.

==Operators==
[[File:De Havilland Devon XA880 - RAF Kemble - BB.jpg|thumb|right|de Havilland Devon]]
[[File:Ntps-dh104-N11XW-090302-01-cradj-8.jpg|thumb|right|Dove 6A belonging to the [[National Test Pilot School]] departs the [[Mojave Airport]]]]
[[File:Dove cockpit.jpg|thumb|Cockpit]]

===Civil operators===
;{{AUS}}
* [[Airlines of Western Australia]]
* [[Bay of Plenty Airlines]]
* [[MacRobertson Miller Airlines]]
* [[Mandated Airlines]]
* [[Northern Territory Medical Service]]
* [[Royal Flying Doctor Service]]
* [[Southern Airlines]]
;{{BHR}}
* [[Gulf Aviation]]
;{{BEL}}
* [[Belgian International Air Service|BIAS]]
* [[SABENA]]<ref name="am1094 p67">Stroud 1994, p. 67.</ref>
;{{BIR}}
* [[Union of Burma Airways]]<ref name="am1094 p68"/>
;{{CHI}}
* [[LAN-Chile]]<ref name="am1094 p68">Stroud 1994, p. 68.</ref>
;{{DEN}}
* [[Cimber Air]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://oy-reg.dk/register/1999.html|title = Danish register of civil aircraft - OY-DHZ - de Havilland D.H.104 Dove 6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Cimber_Air|title = Cimber Air &#124; lex.dk| date=8 December 2020 }}</ref>
* [[Falcks Flyvetjeneste]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://oy-reg.dk/register/243.html|title = Danish register of civil aircraft - OY-ADG - de Havilland D.H.104 Dove 5}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Falcks_Flyvetjeneste|title = Falcks Flyvetjeneste &#124; lex.dk| date=31 July 2015 }}</ref>
;{{GAM}}
* [[West African Airways Corporation]]<ref name="am1094 p67"/>
;{{GER}}
* [[LTU International|LTU]]
;{{GHA}}
* [[West African Airways Corporation]]<ref name="am1094 p67"/>
;{{IND}}
[[File:De_Havilland_Dove_on_display_at_HAL_Aerospace_museum_Bangalore.jpg|thumb| Dove with tail marking HW201 on display at [[HAL Aerospace Museum]] at [[Bengaluru]], India]]
* Airways (India) Limited
* [[Indian National Airways]]
* Government of [[Madras]]
;{{INA}}
[[File:SAATAS East Indonesia de Havilland Dove DRW Wheatley.jpg|thumb|De Havilland Dove of the SAATAS East Indonesia at Darwin Airport, 1980s]]
*[[SAATAS East Indonesia]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=SOUTH EAST ASIA 1960s-1970s - INDONESIA & DUTCH NEW GUINEA|url=http://www.goodall.com.au/photographs/indonesia-dutch-ng-60-70/seasiaindonesiadutchng.html|access-date=10 February 2021|website=goodall.com.au}}</ref>
;{{IRQ}}
* [[Iraq Petroleum Company]]
;{{JPN}}
* [[All Nippon Airways|Nippon Helicopter and Aeroplane]]
* [[All Nippon Airways|Far East Airlines]]
;{{Flag|Kenya|colonial}}, {{Flag|Uganda|colonial}}, {{Flag|Tanganyika}} and {{Flag|Zanzibar|colonial}}
*[[East African Airways]]
;{{NLD}}
* [[Martinair]] (then called Martin's Air Charter)
;{{NGR}}
* [[West African Airways Corporation]]<ref name="am1094 p67"/>
;{{flag|Southern Rhodesia}}
* [[Central African Airways]]<ref name="am1094 p67"/>
;{{POR}}
* [[SATA Air Açores|SATA – Sociedade Açoreana de Transportes Aéreos]]
Portuguese Angola
* [[AERANGOL - Aeronaves de Angola]]
* [[ETASA - Empresa de Transportes Aéreos do Sul de Angola]]
* [[SATAL - Sociedade Anónima de Transportes Aéreos]]
Portuguese Cape Verde
* [[ACCV - Aero Clube de Cabo Verde]]
* [[Cabo Verde Airlines|TACV - Transportes Aéreos de Cabo Verde]]
Portuguese Mozambique
* [[LAM Mozambique Airlines|DETA - Divisão e Exploração de Transportes Aéreos]]<ref name="am1094 p67"/>
[[File:Transportes Aereos De Timor De Havilland DH-104 Dove 1B Wheatley.jpg|thumb| [[Transportes Aéreos de Timor]] CR-TAG Dove at [[Bankstown Airport]] in the early 1970s. This aircraft is now in the [[Darwin Aviation Museum]].  A [[Bristol Freighter]] is also present]]
Portuguese Timor
* [[Transportes Aéreos de Timor|TAT - Transportes Aéreos de Timor]]<ref name="am1094 p68"/>
;{{SLE}}
* [[West African Airways Corporation]]<ref name="am1094 p67"/>
{{flag|South Africa|1928}}
* [[Comair (South Africa)]] operated 2 aircraft.
* [[South African Airways]]<ref name="am1094 p67"/>
;{{SUD}}
* [[Sudan Airways]]<ref name="am1094 p67"/>
;{{UK}}
* [[Airviews Ltd]]
* [[BBC Air]]
* [[BOAC]] (for training and communications)
* [[Bristow Helicopters]]
* [[BMI (airline)|British Midland]]
* [[British Westpoint Airlines]]
* [[Channel Airways]] (scheduled services)
* [[Dan-Air]] (scheduled services)
* [[Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd]]
* [[Hunting-Clan Air Transport]]
* [[Melba Airways]]
* [[Morton Air Services]]
* [[Olley Air Services]]
* [[Silver City Airways]]
* [[Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)|CAA Flying Unit]]
;{{USA}}
* [[Air Wisconsin]]
* Apache Airlines
* Catalina Airlines
* Golden Isles Airlines
* Gulf Coast Airways<ref>{{cite web|title=Gulf Coast Airways Timetable (July 1, 1958)|url=http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/gca58.htm|website=Airline Timetable Images|publisher=Bjorn Larsson and David Zekria|access-date=30 July 2017}}</ref>
* Illini Airlines
* Midwest Air Charter
* [[National Test Pilot School]]
*Statewide Airlines
* [[Superior Airlines (1960)|Superior Airlines]]
* [[TAG Airlines]]
;{{YUG}}
*[[Jat Airways|Jugoslovenski Aero-Transport]] (JAT).<ref>''Air-Britain Archive'' Winter 2009, p. 148</ref>

===Military operators===
;{{ARG}}
* [[Argentine Air Force]]<ref name="ab56" />
* [[Argentine Coast Guard]]<ref>[http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cx=partner-pub-8297169501225184%3Aa05n2n-tzky&q=De+Havilland+DH.104+Dove&sa=Submit&search_field=datedesc&siteurl=www.airliners.net%2Faircraft-data%2Fstats.main%3Fid%3D184&sort_order=photo_id+desc&page=19&page_limit=15&sid=3817b974375d457a7f1c75d893396d4b "F-12 (cn 04156)".] ''airliners.net,'' 11 February 2006. Retrieved: 11 October 2011.</ref>
* [[Argentine Federal Police]]
;{{flag|Belgian Congo}}
* [[Force Publique]]<ref name="ab56" />
;{{flag|Biafra}}
* [[Biafran Air Force]] – One Riley-converted ''Riley 400'' was abandoned at Port Harcourt by Bristow Helicopters at the outbreak of civil war in 1967 and seized by Biafran mercenaries.<ref name="ab22">Sykes 1973, p. 22</ref>
;{{BRA}}
;{{flag|Ceylon}}
* [[Royal Ceylon Air Force]] – Six series 5 delivered between 1955 and 1958.<ref name="ab56" />
;{{flag|Egypt|1922}}
* [[Egyptian Air Force]] – Six series 1 delivered between 1947 and 1948.<ref name="ab56" />
;{{ETH}}
* [[Ethiopian Air Force|Imperial Ethiopian Air Force]] – 3, two former Ethiopian government series 1 transferred to air force in 1952 and one new series 7 in 1965.<ref name="ab56">Sykes 1973, p. 56-60</ref>
;{{IND}}
* [[Indian Air Force]] – 20<ref name="ab56" />
* [[Indian Naval Air Arm]]
;{{flag|Iraq|1924}}
* [[Royal Iraqi Air Force]] – 7 – One Series 1 for the Royal Flight delivered in 1947 followed by six Series 1 in 1948.<ref name="ab56" />
** Royal Flight
** No. 3 Transport Squadron
;{{IRL}}
* [[Irish Air Corps]] – 4, one series 1B in 1953, one series 5 in 1959, one series 7 in 1962, and series 8 modified for radio and radar calibration in 1970.<ref name="ab56" />
;{{JOR}}
* [[Royal Jordanian Air Force]] – 6 – Two Series 1 transferred from Jordan National Airlines, two aircraft intended for Jordan National Airlines converted to Series 5 and transferred to air force, two new Series 7s delivered in 1965<ref name="ab56" />
* Royal Flight
;{{flag|Katanga}}
* ''Force Aérienne Katangaise'' – 6<ref name="ab56" /><ref name=Katanga>{{cite web|url=http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_182.shtml |title=Congo, Part 1; 1960–1963 |publisher=ACIG |year=2003}}</ref>
;{{KUW}}
* [[Kuwait Air Force]] – Two series 5 transferred to the air force in 1962.<ref name="ab56" />
;{{flagicon|Laos|1952}} [[Kingdom of Laos]]
* [[Royal Lao Air Force]]{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}
;{{LBN}}
* [[Lebanese Air Force]] – One series 1 delivered in 1951, a further aircraft on order was not delivered.<ref name="ab56" />
;{{MYS}}
* [[Royal Malaysian Air Force]]- 5 – Three series 8 delivered in 1061 followed by two former RNZAF Devon C.1s delivered in 1968<ref name="ab56" />
;{{NZL}}
* [[Royal New Zealand Air Force]] – 30<ref name="ab56" />
** [[No. 42 Squadron RNZAF]]
;{{PAK}}
* [[Pakistan Air Force]] – Two, one former Government of Sind series 1 used until 1962, a new VIP series 2 delivered in 1949.<ref name="ab56" />
** No. 12 Squadron
;{{PAR}}
* [[Paraguayan Air Force]]- One former Argentine Air Force series 1 delivered in 1963.<ref name="ab56" />
;{{flag|South Africa|1928}}
* [[South African Air Force]] – Nine series 1 delivered in 1949.<ref name="ab56" />
** No. 28 Squadron
;{{SWE}}
* [[Swedish Air Force]] – One Series 1 delivered in 1947 and sold in 1967.<ref name="ab56" />
;{{UK}}
* [[Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment]]
* [[Empire Test Pilots' School]]
* [[Royal Aircraft Establishment]]
* [[Royal Air Force]]- 30 series 4 aircraft as the ''Devon C.1'' from 1948.<ref name="ab56" />
** [[No. 21 Squadron RAF]]
** [[No. 26 Squadron RAF]]
** [[No. 31 Squadron RAF]]
** [[No. 32 Squadron RAF]]
** [[No. 60 Squadron RAF]]
** [[No. 207 Squadron RAF]]
** Bomber Command Communications Squadron
** Coastal Command Communication Squadron
** Maintenance Command Communications Squadron
** Metropolitan Communications Squadron
** Northern Communications Squadron
** Queen's Flight
** Southern Communications Squadron
** Technical Training Command Communications Flight
** Western Communications Squadron
* [[Royal Radar Establishment]] at Pershore
* [[Fleet Air Arm]] – Ten former civil aircraft delivered in 1955 as the ''Sea Devon C.20'', later another three were bought.
** [[728 Naval Air Squadron]]
** [[750 Naval Air Squadron]]
** [[765 Naval Air Squadron]]
** [[771 Naval Air Squadron]]
** [[781 Naval Air Squadron]]
;{{VEN}}
* [[Venezuelan Air Force]] – One former civil series 2A transferred to air force in 1968.<ref name="ab56" />
;{{YUG}}
* [[SFR Yugoslav Air Force]] – Two former Jugoslav Air Transport series 2B transferred to air force.<ref name="ab56" />

==Accidents and incidents==
* On 13 May 1948, a Dove 1 ''G-AJOU'' of Skyways Limited crashed near Privas, France. All four on board killed, including the [[Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 8th Earl Fitzwilliam|Earl Fitzwilliam]] and [[Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington|Kathleen Cavendish]], the second daughter of [[Joseph P. Kennedy]].<ref>"Rich Peer Victim of French Crash; Lord Fitzwilliam on Airplane With Kennedy's Daughter – Ex-Envoy Leaves Paris." ''The New York Times'', 14 May 1948.</ref>
* On 14 March 1949, a De Havilland DH.104 Dove 1 of [[Myanmar National Airlines|Union of Burma Airways]], registration XY-ABO, crashed in the Gulf of Mottama (Martaban) en route from [[Yangon International Airport|Mingaladon Airport]] to [[Mawlamyaing Airport|Moulmein (Mawlamyine) Airport]] . Lost 9 passengers and 2 crew (Capt P H Sparrow, pilot and L.A. Stephens, radio officer).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=28445|title=ASN Aircraft accident 14-MAR-1949 de Havilland DH.104 Dove 1 XY-ABO|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2017-08-13}}</ref>
* On 15 October 1951, Dove VH-AQO operated by Airlines (WA) Ltd crashed near its destination, [[Kalgoorlie]], [[Western Australia]], on a flight from [[Perth]]. All seven occupants were killed. The accident was eventually attributed to [[Fatigue (material)|fatigue cracking]] of the wing spar.<ref>{{cite book
  | last1 = Job| first1 = Macarthur
  | author-link = Macarthur Job
  | title = Air Crash Vol. 2
  | location = pp 133–140
  | publisher = Aerospace Publications Pty. Ltd
  | year = 1992}} Fyshwick, Australia. {{ISBN|1-875671-01-3}}</ref>
* On 12 November 1953, Argentine Air Force Dove T-82 crashed mid-air with [[Junkers Ju 52]] T-159 near Villa Mugueta, Santa Fe, Argentina; with no survivors. Among the 20 dead was Vice-commodore Gustavo Argentino Marambio, pioneer of Argentine flights to [[Antarctica]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.marambio.aq/fallmarambio.html|title=Accidende aéreo del Vicecomodoro Gustavo Argentino Marambio|website=www.marambio.aq}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eam.iua.edu.ar/rumbos/Revista-43/Rumbos43-HA.html|title="El DH-104 Dove en Argentina", Rumbos Aeronauticos digital (12 May 2017)|access-date=17 September 2017|archive-date=17 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917213544/http://www.eam.iua.edu.ar/rumbos/Revista-43/Rumbos43-HA.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* On 1 December 1954, a Dove 2B ''VH-DHD'' of De Havilland Australia crashed at Narellan, near Camden, Australia. Reginald Adsett, a chief examiner of airmen for the Australian Civil Aviation Department was killed and two others seriously injured.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18453629 "Pilot fatally hurt in crash."] ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 2 December 1954.</ref>
* On 15 January 1958, Dove G-AOCE of [[Channel Airways]] [[1958 Channel Airways de Havilland DH.104 Dove crash|crashed on approach]] to [[Ferryfield|Ferryfield Airfield]], [[Lydd]], [[Kent]], United Kingdom, both engines having stopped due to fuel starvation due to fuel mismanagement. All seven on board survived.<ref name=Down>{{cite magazine|title=A Dove down at Dungeness |first=Anthony |last=Moor |magazine=Aeroplane |issue=April 2012 |pages=98–100 |publisher=Kelsey Publishing |location=Cudham |issn=0143-7240}}</ref>
* On 13 April 1966, [[Abdul Salam Arif]], the [[President of Iraq]], was killed when the [[Iraqi Air Force]] de Havilland DH.104 Dove 1, RF392, he was onboard crashed in southern Iraq. The loss of the aircraft was suspected to be due to sabotage by [[Ba'athism|Ba'athist]] elements within the Iraqi military.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/25/world/middleeast/25aref.html?_r=1&ref=world "Abdel-Rahman Aref, 91, Former Iraqi President, Is Dead."]  ''The New York Times'', 25 August 2007.</ref>
* On 11 April 1968, Dove 1 ''Z-900'' of the Egyptian Air Force was lost over the Sahara desert following instrument failure. The aircraft was not found until 1 June 1971, all nine occupants having died of starvation.<ref name="ab13">Sykes 1973, p. 22.</ref>
* On 28 January 1970, [[TAG Airlines]] Flight 730 crashed over [[Lake Erie]] after having suffered an inflight structural failure, killing all nine people aboard.<ref>{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20121004134429/http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR71-05.pdf "Aircraft Accident Report TAG Airlines, Inc. de Havilland Dove (DH-104), N2300H, in Lake Erie."]}} ''National Transportation Safety Board'', 28 January 1971. NTSB-AAR-71-5.</ref>
* On 6 May 1971, [[Apache Airlines]] Flight 33 from Tucson, AZ to Phoenix, AZ crashed near Coolidge, AZ after suffering an inflight structural failure, killing all twelve people aboard.<ref>https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=59855&key=0 ''National Transportation Safety Board NTSB Identification: LAX71AL066''</ref>
* On 9 July 1983 a privately owned Dove, G-AMYP, suffered engine failure on takeoff at [[Shoreham Airport]], crashing into the banks of the [[River Adur]]. The pilot and sole occupant, [[Keith Wickenden]], died on impact.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=1816.0|title=de Havilland Dove (G-AMYP) - fatal crash at Shoreham 09.07.83|website=sussexhistoryforum.co.uk}}</ref>
* On 3 December 1993, a Dove ''VH-DHD'' chartered dinner flight lost engine power during takeoff, resulting in the aircraft crashing into five houses in [[Essendon, Victoria|Essendon]], a suburb containing the original airport for [[Melbourne]] Australia. There were no fatalities amongst either the ten occupants of the Dove nor anyone on the ground, but all aboard the aircraft and one pedestrian were taken to hospital.<ref>Smith, Dwight. [http://www.theweeklyreviewmooneevalley.com.au/story/1793169/1993-essendon-plane-crash-residents-anger-grows "1993: Essendon plane crash; Residents anger grows."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724114235/http://www.theweeklyreviewmooneevalley.com.au/story/1793169/1993-essendon-plane-crash-residents-anger-grows/ |date=24 July 2014 }} ''The Weekly Review: Moonee Valley'', 7 December 1993.</ref>
* On 3 February 2006, New Zealand based Devon, ''ZK-UDO'' (ex-RNZAF Devon 21) suffered a hard landing at [[RNZAF Base Ohakea]] due to an asymmetrical flap deployment on approach. All passengers and crew survived with only minor injuries; the aircraft was damaged beyond economical repair.

==Aircraft on display==
[[File:F-12 DH104 Dove Argentine Airforce (8164169390).jpg|thumb|right|Dove 1 on display at the Museo Nacional de Aeronautica de Argentina]]

;Argentina
* F-12 – Dove 1 on static display at the [[Museo Nacional de Aeronautica de Argentina]] in [[Morón, Buenos Aires]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier – de Havilland Dove 1, s/n F-12 FAA, c/n 04156 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=152704 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref>

;Australia
* VH-MAL – Dove 1 on static display at the [[Queensland Air Museum]] in [[Caloundra, Queensland]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cuskelly |first1=Ron |title=de Havilland Dove Mk.I VH-MAL |url=http://qam.com.au/qam-content/aircraft/dove/VH-MAL.htm |website=Queensland Air Museum |access-date=19 October 2020 |date=16 February 2020}}</ref>
* CR-TAG – Dove 1B on static display at the [[Darwin Aviation Museum]] in [[Darwin, Northern Territory]].<ref>{{cite web |title=de Havilland Dove CR-TAG |url=http://www.darwinaviationmuseum.com.au/de-havilland-dove-cr-tag |website=Darwin Aviation Museum |date=19 April 2017 |access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier – de Havilland Dove 1B, c/n 04373, c/r CR-TAG |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=56766 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>
* VH-ABM – Dove ? on static display at the rear of [[Ballarat Aviation Museum]] in [[Ballarat, Victoria]] sporting very faded Penguin Express livery, minus rear stabilisers and tail with much needing fixing.
* VH-DHH – Dove 6 on static display at the [[Central Australian Aviation Museum]] in [[Gillen, Northern Territory]].<ref>{{cite web |title=De Havilland DH.104 Dove |url=http://centralaustralianaviationmuseum.org.au/exhibit/dh104 |website=Central Australian Aviation Museum |access-date=20 October 2020 |archive-date=22 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022103323/https://centralaustralianaviationmuseum.org.au/exhibit/dh104 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier – de Havilland Dove 6, c/n 04499, c/r VH-DHH |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=118316 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>

;Austria
* A partial airframe (fuselage and part of the left wing) is in the [[Technisches Museum Wien]], Vienna.

;Denmark
* OY-DHZ – Dove 6 on display at the [[Danmarks Flymuseum]] in [[Skjern, Denmark|Skjern, Ringkøbing-Skjern]].<ref>{{cite web |title=De Havilland D.H. Dove |url=http://flymuseum.dk/fly?id=99:de-havilland-dh-dove |website=Danmarks Flymuseum |access-date=19 October 2020 |language=da}}</ref>

;Germany
* G-ARUE – Dove 7 on static display at the [[Technik Museum Sinsheim]] in [[Sinsheim|Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier – de Havilland Dove 7, s/n 194, c/n 04530, c/r G-ARUE |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=28128 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref>

;India
* HW201 – Devon C.1 on static display at the [[HAL Aerospace Museum]] in [[Bangalore, Karnataka]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pillarisetti |first1=Jagan |title=De Havilland Devon [HW201] |url=http://warbirdsofindia.com/karnataka/bangalore/hal/151-de-havilland-devon-hw201.html |website=Warbirds of India |access-date=19 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819060839/http://warbirdsofindia.com/karnataka/bangalore/hal/151-de-havilland-devon-hw201.html |archive-date=19 August 2016 |date=25 November 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Aircraft HW201 Data |url=http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/HW201.html |website=Airport-Data.com |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>
* IN124 – Devon C.1 on static display at the [[Naval Aviation Museum (India)|Naval Aviation Museum]] in [[Vasco da Gama, Goa]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pillarisetti |first1=Jagan |title=De Havilland Dove [IN124] |url=http://www.warbirdsofindia.com/goa/nam/48-de-havilland-dove-in124.html |website=Warbirds of India |access-date=19 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409080359/http://www.warbirdsofindia.com/goa/nam/48-de-havilland-dove-in124.html |archive-date=9 April 2019 |date=17 November 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier – de Havilland Devon C.1, s/n IN124 BNS |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=145060 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>

;Netherlands
* XJ350 – Sea Devon C.20 on static display at the [[Aviodrome]] in [[Lelystad|Lelystad, Flevoland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier – de Havilland Sea Devon C.Mk 20, s/n XJ350 RN, c/n 04453 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=12015 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>

;New Zealand
* NZ1802 – Devon C.1 on static display at the [[Classic Flyers Museum]] in [[Mount Maunganui|Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Check Out Some of the Aircraft on Display at Classic Flyers |url=http://www.classicflyersnz.com/Aviation+Museum/Aircraft+Exhibits.html |website=ClassicFlyersNZ.com |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>
* NZ1803 – Devon C.1 on static display at the [[Air Force Museum of New Zealand]] in [[Wigram|Wigram, Canterbury]].<ref>{{cite web |title=De Havilland D.H.104 Devon |url=http://www.airforcemuseum.co.nz/main/DeHavillandDevon |website=Air Force Museum of New Zealand |access-date=19 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420010433/http://www.airforcemuseum.co.nz/main/DeHavillandDevon |archive-date=20 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier – de Havilland Devon C.1, s/n NZ1803 RNZAF, c/n 04294 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=125357 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>
* NZ1829 – Devon C.1 on display at the Ashburton Aviation Museum in [[Ashburton, New Zealand|Ashburton, Canterbury]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Exhibits |url=http://www.aviationmuseum.co.nz/cms/museum-exhibiits#!2 |website=Ashburton Aviation Museum |access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref>
* ZK-RNG – Dove 1B on static display at the [[National Transport and Toy Museum]] in [[Wānaka|Wānaka, Otago]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Museum Collection |url=http://nttmuseumwanaka.co.nz/the-museum-collection |website=National Transport & Toy Museum |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier – de Havilland Dove 1B, c/n 04323, c/r ZK-RNG |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=18676 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>

;South Africa
* ZS-BCC – Dove 6 on display at the South African Airways Museum in [[Germiston, Gauteng]].<ref>{{cite web |title="Katberg" |url=http://www.saamuseum.co.za/our-aircraft/67.html |website=SAA Museum Society |access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref>

;Sri Lanka
* CS401 – Dove 5 on static display at the [[Sri Lanka Air Force Museum]] in [[Ratmalana|Ratmalana, Colombo]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier – de Havilland Dove 5, s/n CS-401 SLAF, c/n 04463 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=241317 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>
* CS402 – Dove 5 on static display at the Sri Lanka Air Force Museum in Ratmalana, Colombo<ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier – de Havilland Dove 5, s/n CS402 SLAF, c/n 04464 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=167205 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>
* CS404 – Dove 5 on static display at the Sri Lanka Air Force Museum in Ratmalana, Colombo<ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier – de Havilland Dove 5, s/n CS404 SLAF, c/n 04497 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=167134 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>

;Sweden
* SE-EUR – Dove 6 on display at the Arlanda Flygsamlingar in [[Sigtuna|Sigtuna, Stockholm]].<ref>{{cite web |title=SE-EUR. de Havilland DH 104, "Dove" 6 |url=http://arlandaflygsamlingar.se/flygplan/se-eur-de-havilland-d-h-104-%e2%80%9ddove%e2%80%9d-6 |website=Flight Collections Arlanda |access-date=20 October 2020 |language=sv}}</ref>
* 46001 – Tp 46 under restoration at the Österlens Flygmuseum in [[Östra Vemmerlöv|Östra Vemmerlöv, Skåne]].<ref>{{cite web |title=[Untitled] |url=http://www.osterlensflygmuseum.se/tp46_104dove.php |website=Österlens Aviation Museum |access-date=20 October 2020 |language=sv}}</ref>

;United Arab Emirates
* G-AJP on display at the [[Mahatta Fort#Al Mahatta Museum|Al Mahatta Museum]] in [[Sharjah]]

;United Kingdom
* D-IFSB – Dove 2B on static display at the Fishburn Historic Aviation Centre in [[Fishburn|Fishburn, County Durham]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier – de Havilland Dove 2B, c/n 04379, c/r D-IFSB |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=3071 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>
* G-AHRI – Dove 1 on static display at the [[Newark Air Museum]] in [[Newark-on-Trent|Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Aircraft List |url=http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/Aircraft-List |website=Newark Air Museum |access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier – de Havilland Dove 1B, c/n 04008, c/r G-AHRI |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=83596 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>
* G-ALCU – Dove 2 on static display at the [[Midland Air Museum]] in [[Baginton, Warwickshire]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Aircraft Listing |url=http://www.midlandairmuseum.co.uk/aircraftlist.php |website=Midland Air Museum |access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref>
* G-ALFU – Dove 6 on static display at the [[Imperial War Museum Duxford]] in [[Duxford, Cambridgeshire]].<ref>{{cite web |title=De Havilland DH104 Dove G-ALFU |url=http://www.das.org.uk/De%20Havilland%20DH104%20Dove%20G-ALFU.htm |website=Duxford Aviation Society |access-date=20 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102044724/http://www.das.org.uk/De%20Havilland%20DH104%20Dove%20G-ALFU.htm |archive-date=2 January 2015}}</ref>
* G-ANOV – Dove 6 on static display at the [[National Museum of Flight]] in [[East Fortune|East Fortune, East Lothian]].<ref>{{cite web |title=de Havilland Dove |url=http://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-flight/things-to-see-and-do/explore-the-hangars/civil-aircraft/de-havilland-dove |website=National Museums Scotland |access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier – de Havilland Dove 6, c/n 04445, c/r G-ANOV |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=97206 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>
* G-ANUW – Dove 6 on static display at the [[East Midlands Aeropark]] in [[Castle Donington, Leicestershire]].<ref>{{cite web |title=De Havilland Dove |url=http://www.eastmidlandsaeropark.org/aeropark-exhibits/14-exhibits/26-ganuw.html |website=East Midlands Aeropark |access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier – de Havilland Dove 6, c/n 04458, c/r G-ANUW |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=64332 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>
* G-AREA – Dove 8 on static display at the [[de Havilland Aircraft Museum]] in [[London Colney|London Colney, Hertfordshire]].<ref>{{cite web |title=de Havilland DH104 Dove Mk.8 |url=http://www.dehavillandmuseum.co.uk/aircraft/de-havilland-dh104-dove-mk-8 |website=de Havilland Aircraft Museum |access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier – de Havilland Dove 8, c/n 04520, c/r G-AREA |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=12693 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>
* VP952 – Devon C.1 on static display at the [[Royal Air Force Museum Cosford]] in [[Cosford, Shropshire]].<ref>{{cite web |title=de Havilland Devon |url=http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/collections/de-havilland-devon |website=Royal Air Force Museum |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier – de Havilland Devon C.1, s/n VP952 RAF, c/n 04048 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=57468 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>
* VP967 – Devon C.2 on display at the [[Yorkshire Air Museum]] in [[Elvington, City of York|Elvington, York]].<ref>{{cite web |title=De Havilland Devon VP967 |url=http://yorkshireairmuseum.org/exhibits/post-world-war-ii-aircraft/de-havilland-dh-104-devon-c2-vp967 |website=Yorkshire Air Museum |access-date=19 October 2020 |archive-date=23 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023163710/https://yorkshireairmuseum.org/exhibits/post-world-war-ii-aircraft/de-havilland-dh-104-devon-c2-vp967 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

;United States
* N234D – Dove 6A in storage at the [[Mid-Atlantic Air Museum]] in [[Reading, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="MAAM">{{cite web |last1=Rambow |first1=Bill |title=Aircraft of the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum |url=http://www.maam.org/aircraft/aircraft.htm |website=Mid-Atlantic Air Museum |access-date=19 October 2020 |archive-date=4 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204002154/http://www.maam.org/aircraft/aircraft.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier – de Havilland Dove 6A, c/n 04387, c/r N234D |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=22550 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>
* N557JC – Dove 5A in storage at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania.<ref name="MAAM"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier – de Havilland Dove 5A, c/n 04380, c/r N557JC |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=27558 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>
* Unknown - Sea Devon, Eagle Crater Lake Inn, Chemult, Oregon

;Venezuela
* 2531 – Dove 2A on static display at the [[Aeronautics Museum of Maracay]] in [[Maracay, Aragua]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier – de Havilland Dove 2A, s/n 2531 FAV, c/n 04382, c/r YV-T-FTQ |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=109338 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>

==Appearances in fiction==
A de Havilland Dove featured prominently in the [[Gavin Lyall]] adventure novel ''[[Shooting Script]]''. G-ARBH features in the 1962 film ''[[The Wrong Arm of the Law]]'' as the personal aeroplane of [[Peter Sellers]]' character Pearly Gates.

Near the beginning of the 1980 film ''[[Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon]],'' travel agent Dale Arden and New York Jets quarterback Flash Gordon board a de Havilland Dove which subsequently crashes into a greenhouse adjacent to the secret laboratory of Dr. Hans Zarkov. The atmospheric disturbances that caused the crash were instigated by planet Mongo's ruler Ming the Merciless. The crash sequence was filmed using a 30-inch-long model Dove diving into a miniature landscape.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://modelaircraftinthecinema.blogspot.com/2019/04/flash-gordon-1980.html|title = Model Aircraft in the Cinema: Flash Gordon 1980|date = 13 April 2019}}</ref>

In season 2, episode 9 of the British TV series [[The Crown (TV series)|''The Crown'']], [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Philip]] is portrayed as flying a de Havilland Dove.

==Specifications (Dove 7)==
[[File:De Havilland Doves Series 5 3-view silhouette.jpg|thumb|right|de Havilland Dove Srs 5]]
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|ref=Flight International,<ref name = "dove 547"/> Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1966–67,<ref name="JAWA66 p150-1">{{cite book |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1966–67 |editor1-last=Taylor |editor1-first=John W.R. |year=1966 |publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd |location=London |edition=57th |pages=150–151}}</ref> Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1967–68<ref name=JAWA67-68>{{cite book |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1967–68 |editor1-last=Taylor |editor1-first=John W.R. |year=1967 |publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd |location=London |edition=58th|page=159}}</ref>
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::::{{cvt|94|mph|kn km/h|0}} flaps up
|never exceed speed mph=
|never exceed speed note=
|minimum control speed mph=
|minimum control speed note=
|range miles=880
|range note=full fuel, {{cvt|1398|lb|0}} payload, 45 minutes hold and 5% reserve
::::{{cvt|385|mi|nmi km|0}} full fuel, {{cvt|2000|lb|0}} payload, 45 minutes hold and 5% reserve
|ferry range miles=
|ferry range note=
|endurance=<!-- if range unknown -->
|ceiling ft=21700
|ceiling note=
|glide ratio=<!-- sailplanes -->
|climb rate ftmin=1135
|climb rate note=at sea level
::::{{cvt|295|ft/min|m/s|1}} with one engine inoperative
|time to altitude=
|lift to drag=
|wing loading lb/sqft=26.7
|wing loading note=
|fuel consumption lb/mi=
|power/mass={{cvt|0.0893|hp/lb}}
|more performance=<br />
*'''Take-off distance to {{cvt|50|ft|0}}:''' {{cvt|2320|ft|0}}
*'''Landing distance from {{cvt|50|ft|0}}:''' {{cvt|1910|ft|0}}

|avionics=
}}

==See also==
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|related=
*[[de Havilland Heron]]
*[[de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover]]
|similar aircraft=
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==References==

===Notes===
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===

* "Complete Civil Registers: 15: X- UN- Yu- Yugoslavia". ''Air-Britain Archive'', Winter 2009. pp.&nbsp;147–148. {{ISSN|0262-4923}}. 
* [https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1946/1946%20-%201061.html "de Havilland Dove."] ''Flight International'', 30 May 1946. pp.&nbsp;547a-547e.
* Ellis, Ken. ''Wrecks & Relics, 23rd Edition''. Manchester, England: Crecy Publishing, 2012. ISBN 9 780859 791724.
* Gunston, Bill. ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Propeller Airliners''. Exeter Books, 1980. {{ISBN|0-896-73078-6}}.
* Jackson, A.J. ''de Havilland Aircraft since 1909''. London: Putnam & Company Ltd, 1978. {{ISBN|0-370-30022-X}}.
* Jackson, A.J. ''de Havilland Aircraft since 1909''. London: Putnam, Third edition, 1987. {{ISBN|0-85177-802-X}}.
* Jane, Frederick Thomas. ''Jane's All the World's Aircraft''. Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1972.
* Schlaeger, Gerald J. [https://books.google.com/books?id=YEr0ZO3UKlgC&pg=PA64 "de Havilland Dove Custom 800."] ''Flying Magazine'', September 1961. Vol. 69, No. 3. pp.&nbsp;30–31, 64, 66.
* Stroud, John. "Post War Propliners: de Havilland Dove". ''[[Aeroplane Monthly]]'', Vol. 22, No. 10, October 1994. pp.&nbsp;64–69.
* Sykes, T. (editor) ''The DH104 Dove and DH114 Heron'' Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1973.
* [https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1945/1945%20-%200716.html "The de Havilland Dove."] ''Flight International'', 12 April 1945. pp.&nbsp;399–400.
* [[John W. R. Taylor|Taylor, John W. R.]] ''Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1966–67''. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1966.
*{{cite book |last1=Thetford |first1=Owen |title=British Naval Aircraft since 1912 |year=1991 |publisher=Putnam Aeronautical Books, an imprint of Conway Maritime Press Ltd |location= [[London]], UK |isbn=0-85177-849-6 }}

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