Bristol Fighter
The versatile Bristol Fighter was a maneuverable, heavily armed two-seater
Biplane.
Biplane.
Scout
The actual Scout C,RFC serial no. 1611, flown by Lanoe
Hawker on 25 July 1915 in his Victoria Cross-earning.
Hawker on 25 July 1915 in his Victoria Cross-earning.
Fokker Eindecker
An early summer 1915 photo of Kurt Wintgens' Fokker
M.5K/MG "E.5/15" Fokker Eindecker, that was the aircraft used by him on July 1,
1915 in the very first successful aerial engagement which involved a
synchronized machine-gun-armed aircraft.
M.5K/MG "E.5/15" Fokker Eindecker, that was the aircraft used by him on July 1,
1915 in the very first successful aerial engagement which involved a
synchronized machine-gun-armed aircraft.
Junkers
Junkers J 1 all metal "technology demonstrator" pioneer aircraft, at FEA 1,
Döberitz, Germany in late 1915, undergoing flight preparations.
Döberitz, Germany in late 1915, undergoing flight preparations.
Hanover
A German Hannover CL IIIa plane (s/n 3892/18) brought down in the Argonne
by American machine gunners, between Montfaucon and Cierges, France, on 4
October 1918.
by American machine gunners, between Montfaucon and Cierges, France, on 4
October 1918.
Fokker Triplane
It is the most romanticized image in air combat history: a scarlet triplane,
piloted by the notorious Red Baron, plucking another Allied aircraft from the
burning French skies of World War 1, adding it to the long list of kills that
made him the original ace of aces, with 80 confirmed air victories. The truth
about Germany's World War I hero lives up to the legend, although it took most
of the war before this famed sight became a reality.
piloted by the notorious Red Baron, plucking another Allied aircraft from the
burning French skies of World War 1, adding it to the long list of kills that
made him the original ace of aces, with 80 confirmed air victories. The truth
about Germany's World War I hero lives up to the legend, although it took most
of the war before this famed sight became a reality.
The Red Baron
In the well-trafficked skies above the Somme River in France, Baron Manfred
von Richthofen, the notorious German flying ace known as the Red Baron," is
killed by Allied fire on April 21, 1918.
Richthofen, the son of a Prussian nobleman, switched from the German army to
the Imperial Air Service in 1915. By 1916, he was terrorizing the skies over the
Western Front in an Albatross biplane, downing 15 enemy planes by the end of the
year, including one piloted by British flying ace Major Lanoe Hawker. In 1917,
Richthofen surpassed all flying-ace records on both sides of the Western Front
and began using a Fokker triplane, painted entirely red in tribute to his old
cavalry regiment. Although only used during the last eight months of his career,
it was this aircraft with which Richthofen was most commonly associated and that
led to an enduring English nickname for the German pilot—the Red Baron.
von Richthofen, the notorious German flying ace known as the Red Baron," is
killed by Allied fire on April 21, 1918.
Richthofen, the son of a Prussian nobleman, switched from the German army to
the Imperial Air Service in 1915. By 1916, he was terrorizing the skies over the
Western Front in an Albatross biplane, downing 15 enemy planes by the end of the
year, including one piloted by British flying ace Major Lanoe Hawker. In 1917,
Richthofen surpassed all flying-ace records on both sides of the Western Front
and began using a Fokker triplane, painted entirely red in tribute to his old
cavalry regiment. Although only used during the last eight months of his career,
it was this aircraft with which Richthofen was most commonly associated and that
led to an enduring English nickname for the German pilot—the Red Baron.