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    The Sopwith 1+1⁄2 Strutter is a British single- or two-seat multi-role biplane aircraft of the First World War. It was the first British two-seat tractor...
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    Tabloid Sopwith Baby Sopwith Sparrow Sopwith 1½ Strutter Sopwith Pup Sopwith Triplane Sopwith L.R.T.Tr. Sopwith Hispano-Suiza Triplane Sopwith Bee Sopwith Camel...
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    forces during the Russian Civil War in 1919. A 1/6 scale radio-controlled model of a Sopwith 1½ Strutter was constructed by Proctor Enterprises to appear...
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    prototypes, then placed a production order. Sopwith was heavily engaged in the production of the Sopwith 1½ Strutter, and produced only a small number of Pups...
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    with the night fighter version of the Sopwith 1½ Strutter. The F1/1 was a version with tapered wings. The T.F.1 was an experimental trench fighter used...
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  • formed on 22 April 1916 at Farnborough, and was equipped with the Sopwith 1½ Strutter two seat fighter. The shortage of effective fighter aircraft on the...
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  • operational from 2014 Potez 25: One obtained in 1928, destroyed in 1929 Sopwith 1½ Strutter: A few obtained from 1921, discarded by 1925 Sukhoi Su-7BMK/U: 24...
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    when the gear was fitted to types such as the Bristol Scout and the Sopwith 1½ Strutter, which had rotary engines and their forward-firing machine gun in...
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    Valeika [lv]. The first aircraft were former Bolshevik Nieuport 24bis and Sopwith 1½ Strutter, both seized from German forces. They first flew on 5 August 1919...
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    Bentley BR1 (redirect from Bentley B.R.1)
    9B powered a number of important British aircraft, including the Sopwith 1½ Strutter however in service it was prone to overheating and seizure due to...
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    supplied with second-rate and obsolete aircraft, such as the Sopwith 1½ Strutter, Dorand AR and Sopwith Camel, and inexperienced American airmen stood little...
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    while shorter-range patrols were mounted with landplanes such as the Sopwith 1½ Strutter. A number of specialized patrol balloons were built, particularly...
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    the more successful Salmson 2 and Breguet 14, to replace ageing Sopwith 1½ Strutter and Dorand AR reconnaissance aircraft. Persistent problems with the...
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    planform of the F.K.9. The F.K.10 showed inferior performance to the Sopwith 1½ Strutter, which was already in service as a successful two-seat fighter, and...
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    Sopwith Baby Sopwith Camel Sopwith Scooter Sopwith Triplane Sopwith 1½ Strutter Sopwith Camel A preserved Clerget 9B engine is on public display at the Fleet...
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    area) at Ourches Aerodrome. The squadron's first aircraft were the Sopwith 1½ Strutter ground attack aircraft. At Ourches, the 90th and other squadrons...
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  • of 1917, the Sopwith Aviation Company designed a two-seat fighter aircraft, the 3F.2 Hippo, possibly to replace the Sopwith 1½ Strutter in French service...
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    Germany. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Press (last published 2016). ISBN 978-1-5413-7451-5. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) Shores, Christopher...
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    "tractor" designed to be fitted with synchronization gear was the Sopwith 1½ Strutter. which entered service in early 1916.[citation needed] The problem...
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    Nieuport 24, a Sopwith Pup, a Sopwith Camel, a Sopwith 1½ Strutter, and a deHavilland D.H.2. Both the Morane Saulnier AI and the Sopwith 1½ Strutter have arrived...
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    fully laden Sopwith 1½ Strutter scout plane on 14 May, Australia started carrying two aircraft—a Strutter for reconnaissance, and a Sopwith Camel fighter—and...
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  • Factory B.E.2s, Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12s, Nieuport 12s and Sopwith 1½ Strutters. The squadron started to receive its intended operational equipment...
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  • Sopwith 1½ Strutter; he then also became an ace on the Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a. Harries was posted to No. 45 Squadron as an observer on Sopwith 1½...
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    the Scarff ring were still in short supply, being required for the Sopwith 1½ Strutter and other types; accordingly, a few early R.E.8s were built with...
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    November and sailed for France on the fourteenth. After training in the Sopwith 1½ Strutter and the Salmson 2, the squadron began flying combat missions in June...
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    Factory B.E.2 Night fighter Sopwith Camel "Comic" Night fighter Sopwith 1½ Strutter Night fighter Supermarine Nighthawk Arado Ar 68E-1 Dornier Do 217J/N Focke-Wulf...
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    Kreuz 1. Klasse). On 19 June, he was given command of Jasta 34. Greim became an ace on 16 August 1917, when he shot down a Sopwith 1½ Strutter. By 16...
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    fighters charged with protecting the vulnerable B.E.2c, F.E.2b and Sopwith 1½ Strutter two-seater reconnaissance and bomber machines. The Allies' fighter...
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    1917, Libby was posted to No. 43 Squadron on 7 March, piloting the Sopwith 1½ Strutter two-seater fighter/reconnaissance aircraft. After scoring two victories...
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    operational use; it was now seen as a replacement for the F.E.2d and Sopwith 1½ Strutter two-seat fighters, rather than a competitor with the pedestrian reconnaissance...
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