page_title: De Havilland Leopard Moth
section_title: Operational history
hierarchical_section_title: De Havilland Leopard Moth / Operational history
caption_attribution_description: English: First prototype de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth, June 1933. Later G-ACHD. Français&#160;: Le premier prototype du de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth, photographié en juin 1933. Il reçut plus tard l'immatriculation «&#160;G-ACHD&#160;».
context_page_description: The de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth is a three-seat high-wing cabin monoplane designed and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company in 1933.
context_section_description: The prototype first flew on 27 May 1933 and in July won the King's Cup Race at an average speed of 139.5 mph (224.5 km/h), piloted by Geoffrey de Havilland. A total of 133 aircraft were built, including 71 for owners in the British Isles, and 10 for Australia. Other examples were exported to France, Germany, India, South Africa and Switzerland. Production of the Leopard Moth ended in 1936.
  44 Leopard Moths were impressed into military service in Britain and others in Australia during World War II, mostly as communications aircraft. Only a few managed to survive six years of hard usage although a small number were still airworthy seventy years after the last was completed. Six remained operational in the U.K. in 2009.
caption: The first prototype Leopard Moth
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