WW1

Thomas-Morse S-4C Scout

The S-4C Scout, although unsuitable for combat service, was successfully employed as an advanced trainer. Its one gun and 100 mph speed were outclassed by the two gun, 130-mph fighters…
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Sopwith Triplane

The Sopwith Triplane is a three-wing single seat scout (fighter) mounting a Vickers .303 caliber machine gun that fired through the propeller. It was privately developed by Sopwith and flew…
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Sopwith 1½ Strutter

Sopwith 1 ½ Strutter was the British early 1916 counter to the German Eindeckers. It was named the 1 ½ Strutter due to its unique construction of the half struts…
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Royal Aircraft Factory Scout Experimental S.E.5a

Introduced in April 1917 during the Battle of Arras by the famous 56 squadron of aces (26) which included Maj James McCudden and Capt. Albert Ball. It was the first…
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Nieuport 17 (bis)

The Nieuport 17 was a larger and a more powerful successor to the Nieuport 11 with its 110hp LeRhone 9J rotary engine (103 mph), continuing the sesquiplane scout layout (bottom…
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Halberstadt CL.IV

The Halberstadt CL.IV was an exceptional two-seat fighter used mainly as an infantry air/ground support aircraft providing direct low-level support of mobile German storm troops (Strumtruppen) during the last months of…
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Fokker V38 (C.I)

The V38 design was essentially an enlarged Fokker D.VII fighter with two seats and a 185-hp BMW IIIa engine. It was the final wartime development of the D.VII. It was…
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Fokker E.V./ D.VIII

139 E.V.s (E: monoplane, V:5th from Fokker) were built and sent to squadrons in August 1918. It married an innovative airframe with an obsolete dead- end rotary engine. Only two…
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Fokker E.III Eindecker

The Eindeckers were designed and constructed as a single seat- single wing reconnaissance aircraft by Fokker. During WW1, aircraft performing this function were called “scouts”. The 3rd version was the…
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Fokker Dr. I Dreidecker 1917

Richtofen’s all red Dr.I was the iconic symbol of WW1 air-to-air combat. It also became well known to Americans via Snoopy, Charlie Brown’s pet beagle in Charles Schulz’s popular syndicated…
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