Duelling Above the Trenches - Sopwith Aircraft of the Great War
Duelling Above the Trenches - Sopwith Aircraft of the Great War
Mortons Media Group | 2014 | ISBN-10: 1909128414 | ISBN-13: 978 1909128415 | English | 132 Pages | True PDF | 20,8 MB
Mortons Media Group | 2014 | ISBN-10: 1909128414 | ISBN-13: 978 1909128415 | English | 132 Pages | True PDF | 20,8 MB
As British and German soldiers fought amid the blood and horror of the trenches 100 years ago, high above their heads another desperate battle was being played out. Less than 11 years after the first powered flight, pioneering aviators were sent into combat aboard flimsy wood and fabric aircraft that were almost as deadly to their own pilots as they were to the enemy.
Throughout the war, the Sopwith Aviation Company supplied more aircraft to the Royal Flying Corps and then the RAF than any other firm. The Sopwith Camel F.1 shot down 1294 enemy aircraft, more than any other Allied type and one particular example, flown by Major William Barker, shot down 46 alone – making it the most successful aircraft in the history of the RAF.