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WW1 - 1914-1918
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" Regards de photographes de Guerre"
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AIRCRAFTS
SOPWITH CAMEL
Many thanks to Kees Kort for
his clarifications and comments.
D9516 Sopwith F.1 Camel 148th Aero Squadron 1Lt George V Seibold reported for duty at the 148th
July 4,1918.
Petite Synthe
Sopwith Camels of the 148th Areo Squadron at Petite-Synthe, France Aug. 6. 1918
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Army Air Service plane delivering official mail from Division Hqs to Corps Hqs 2nd Army at Fruges, France on August 18, 1918.
This was the inaugural flight under the direction of the US Army Signal Corps.
A Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter two-seater as it became popularly known in England. This type was licence built in France in great numbers (thousands) and was identified by the French Aviation Militaire as the Sopwith 1 A2 (reconnaissance two-seater) or the Sopwith 1 B1 (bomber single seat).
Obviously this is the Sopwith 1 A2.
The nickname 1 1/2 Strutter was of course never used by the French.
First Airmail service for AEF in France Aug. 18, 1918
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111.
First airmail service established with the fighting forces in France
on Aug. 18, 1918.
Lt. Alan C. Cameron, pilot with 183rd Flight
Det. Lt. Clyde A. Bryd
in charge of the Signal Corps aeroplane courier service receiving package of Division mail from Lt. Arthur Einstein [Observer] at Corps Hqs,
2nd Army in Fruges, France
Fruges
First aeroplane mail service with AEF in France at Fruges, France Aug. 18, 1918
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111.
Sopwith F.1 Camel
standard version fitted
with two fixed synchronized Vickers machine-guns.
Petite-Synthe
COL. Cunningham, British Aero Wing and Lt. Morton Newhall,
commanding 148th Aero Squadron, Petite-Synthe, Nord, France Aug. 5, 1918
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Tours
Tail marking
"SOP Type 1-A2"
Sopwith 1A2 with radio set #75 on side mount. Tours, France 11-22-18
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Kees Kort Comments
Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter licence built in France, where it was identified as the Sop(with) Type 1 A2,
where the class id. A2 means that it was a reconnaissance two-seater.
The number 2258 given by the S.F.A. (the Aviation Militaire department responsible for aircraft production) is the airframe number of this Sopwith Type 1,
so at least 2258 machines were built.