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The Sopwith F.1 Camel entered service in 1917 and was one of the most successful Allied fighter of WW1. It was agile and fast but prone to spinning but despite that it went on to claim over 1200 combat victories.By 1918 it was being replaced by more advanced aircraft but continued in use in the ground attack role until the end of the war.
The Camel was flown by the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Navy Air Service and also the RAF in 1918 when it was formed from the two services. Ten other countries also flew the Camel.
The Camel was armed with 2 x 7.7mm machine guns.
This example is a Camel F.I of 203 Squadron RAF 1918.
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Comments: 5
Very beautiful aircraft, but tricky to fly from what I've heard. It's been said the torque of the rotary engine was so strong that it was quicker to turn 270 degrees to the right instead of 90 degrees left...
Will you be doing it's successor the Snipe? Or the Salamander ground-attack version?
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Yes, those rotating engines created huge amounts of torque effect - it must have been like flying a giant gyroscope...
I think the Snipe is a definite possibility.
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If anything the Snipe is even better looking than the Camel!
Also, might we see the Bristol M.1 monoplane fighter, just coming into service in November 1918?
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