In April, 1917, a formation of fourteen German aircrafts was attacked by two light, fast, and nimble British fighters piloted by Flight Commander R. S. Dallas and Flight Sub-Lieutenant T. G. Culling, from No.1 Naval Squadron. After 45 minutes of combat and three airplanes shot down, the remaining German planes were forced to retreat. This was the impressive debut of the Sopwith Triplane, a revolutionary and …
The second part of the Aviatik D.I preview (click here to see the Part 1) presents the pilots of the three versions of this fighter featured in the WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs: the Austro-Hungarian ace Frank Linke-Crawford and two brave pilots, the Austro-Hungarians Karl Sabeditsch and Karl Turek. Frank Linke-Crawford Oberleutnant Frank Linke-Crawford was born in 18 August, 1893, and was the fourth-ranking ace …
The Aviatik D.I was a single-engine, single-seater fighter biplane that served the Austro-Hungarian Empire as a fighter and reconnaissance escort through the final years of World War 1. It was also known as the Berg D.I or the Berg Fighter because it was designed by Julius von Berg. The D.I was the first indigenously designed fighter aircraft of the Austro-Hungarian Air Service (Luftfahrtruppen). In many respects, the …
The second part of the Hanriot HD.1 preview (click here to see the Part 1) presents the pilots of the three versions of this fighter featured in the WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs: the Belgian ace Willy Coppens, and the Italians, Mario Fucini and Silvio Scaroni. Willy Coppens Belgium’s leading fighter ace, with 37 victories credited, and the champion “balloon buster” of World War I, …
The Hanriot HD.1 was a single-seat biplane fighter. Despite its development in 1916 by the French company Hanriot, the HD.1 was not adopted by the French squadrons, but equipped the Belgian and the Italian air forces. It was a highly successful design, piloted by WWI Aces such as Willy Coppens, Mario Fucini, and Silvio Scaroni. While Hanriot began the 1900s developing several pre-war monoplanes, they had mainly …
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