In 1941, de Havilland was invited to design a fighter and the jet engine to power it. The H.1 Goblin ("H" for designer Frank Halford) first flew in the D.H.100 Vampire for which it was designed in 1943.
The Goblin also powered the prototype XP-80 Shooting Star

models

• Goblin 3: 3,350 lb (14.9 kN) thrust

specifications

• Turbojet
• Compressor: 1-stage centrifugal
• Turbine: single-stage
• Mass flow: 63 lbs/sec
   

used by

• de Havilland D.H.100 Vampire