Biplanes Collection (page 4)

Sopwith 1F Camel single-seater first flown in March 1917. This particular one belonged to No. 139 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Date: circa 1917-1918

Vickers Vimy bomber, fourth prototype
Vickers Vimy bomber, fourth and final prototype, serial no. F 9569. Too late for the war, the Vimy first flew on 30 November 1917 and only 13 were completed by the Armistice. Date: circa 1917-1918

Thomas Morse S-4C single-seat fighter (American). The S-4 design began in autumn 1916, the first flight was made in spring 1917, evaluation in June 1917, and deliveries began in November 1917

Sopwith 1. 5 Strutter taking off from gun platform
Sopwith 1.5 Strutter single-seat bomber of the RNAS, taking off from a warships gun platform. Date: circa 1918

Sopwith 1. 5 Strutter taking off from ship
Sopwith 1.5 Strutter, launching from a makeshift turret-top platform on board a ship. Date: circa 1916-1918

Sikorsky Ilya Mourometz long range heavy bomber
Sikorsky Ilya Mourometz, the worlds first long range heavy bomber, designed for Russia by Igor Sikorsky. It was first used in February 1915, initially with a six-man crew

Sopwith Buffalo two-seat support and reconnaissance plane
Sopwith Buffalo two-seat close air support and reconnaissance plane. It first appeared in September 1918, too late to go into production. Seen here is serial no. H 5892. Date: circa 1918

Sopwith 2F Camel fighter plane on HMS Tiger X turret
Sopwith 2F Camel fighter plane, designed for naval use. The first was completed and flying by March 1917. It had a nose-mounted Vickers gun and an overwing Lewis gun

Sopwith 2F Camel fighter plane, designed for naval use. The first was completed and flying by March 1917. As seen here, it had a nose-mounted Vickers gun and an overwing Lewis gun

Sopwith 2F Camel slung beneath R 23 airship
Sopwith 2F Camel, serial no. N6814 of No. 212 Squadron RAF, slung beneath a Vickers R 23 airship at the RNAS Airship Station at Pulham in Norfolk. Date: circa 1918

Sopwith 1F Camel two-seat trainer, serial no. B 3801. Date: circa 1918

Rumpler C III German two-seater biplane. It entered service in early 1917 but was quickly withdrawn when a design fault led to numerous crashes. Date: circa 1917

Royal Aircraft Factory SE 5a - Photo by Hugh W. Cowin - Old Warden. Created by Henry Folland, this single-seat fighter was the finest design to come from the Royal Aircraft Factory

Royal Aircraft Factory FE 9 two-seat reconnaissance fighter which first flew in early spring 1917. It was an outmoded design, and only three development aircraft flew

Sablatnig SF 2 German two-seater advanced trainer seaplane (serial no. 580), photographed at Warnemunde on the German Baltic coast

Rumpler D I German fighter biplane (serial no. 1589/18) which came too late to take part in the First World War. It was apparently difficult to build

Rumpler CI two-seat reconnaissance German biplane
Rumpler CI 53/16 two-seat reconnaissance German biplane. The CI was considered to be the best and most reliable of all C types produced. Date: circa 1916-1918

Pfalz DV II German single-seat fighter biplane, completed in late 1917, not progressing beyond the prototype stage. Seen here with other planes, taking part in competitive fighter trials at Alderhof

Pfalz D VIII German fighter biplane, developed too late to take part in the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Pfalz D XII, German single seat fighter biplane, which entered operational service in September 1918. It was robust, able to withstand a great deal of combat damage and still get its pilot home

Nieuport 17 in Italian colours
Nieuport 17 made by Nieuport-Macchi in Italian colours, serial no. Ni 3632, with pilot. Date: circa 1916-1917

Nieuport 10A. 2 two-seater reconnaissance plane
Nieuport 10A.2 two-seater reconnaissance plane of the Royal Naval Air Service, with men of an RFC unit. Date: circa 1914-1918

Nieuport Ni 28 single-seat fighter, first flown in June 1917, used by the American Expeditionary Forces from early 1918. Seen here is a development machine with dihedral on the upper wings only

Morane-Saulnier BB two-seat biplane
Morane-Saulnier BB two-seat reconnaissance and escort fighter biplane with two observer-operated Lewis guns. Date: circa 1915-1916

Martinsyde F4 Buzzard fighter plane, first flown in early 1918, but just too late for use in WW1. Seen here is serial no. D 4256. Date: circa 1918

Lloyd C II Austro-Hungarian biplane, being reassembled after transportation to the southern end of the Eastern Front. Soon after this photograph was taken

Hanriot HD1 single-seat fighter
Italian-operated, French designed Hanriot HD1 single-seat fighter, serial no. Hd 13244, a popular plane for its agility and robustness. Date: 1918

Halberstadt D IIs of KG I at Hudova base
German Halberstadt D II of KG I in snow at the Hudova base, in the Romania-Macedonia theatre of operations. Date: 1916

Gotha G I German long range reconnaissance bomber
Gotha G I German long range three-seater reconnaissance bomber 9/15, completed and first flown in early 1915. Seen here is the prototype, with three-man crew. Date: circa 1915

Friedrichshafen G II German three-man fighter plane
Friedrichshafen G II 131/15 German three-man fighter plane, standing in a workshop with its tail up. It became operational in early 1916, but was only built in small numbers. Date: circa 1915-1916

Friedrichshafen G III German heavy bomber
Friedrichshafen G III German three-man heavy bomber, initially deployed in mid-1917, and continuing into 1918. Date: circa 1917-1918

Fokker D II biplane at Adlerhof trials
German Fokker D II biplane at Adlerhof trials. It went into operation in early spring 1916, but was found to lack agility. Date: 1916

Handley Page 0 / 100 long range heavy bomber
Handley Page 0/100 long range heavy bomber, first flown in December 1915, and operational from October 1916. Seen here is serial no. B 9446 with propellers turning. Date: circa 1915-1916

Handley Page V / 1500 four-man bomber
Handley Page V/1500 four-man bomber, first flown 22 May 1918, with production coming too late for it to be used during the First World War

Fairey Hamble Baby single-seat floatplane, a development on the Sopwith Baby formula via the addition of wing edge flaps. They were used as anti-submarine patrollers from the summer of 1917

Curtiss JN or Jenny two-seater biplane, used by the US Army mainly for reconnaissance duties from December 1914. Also used by the British RNAS from 1915. Seen here is RNAS JN-3 serial no. 3376

DFW C V German two-seater biplane, operational from early 1916. Seen here is a machine belonging to Fl Abt (A) 224 photographed at Chateau Bellingcamps on 22 May 1917. Date: 1917

Blackburn TB two-man biplane, which first appeared in August 1915. It was found to be too cumbersome, with an unreliable engine, so that it never entered production. Date: circa 1915

Blackburn Blackburd single seat torpedo bomber, first flown at the end of May 1918. Three were built in the flight trial phase, but production did not go ahead. Seen here is the first one, serial no

Avro 504B two-seater used by RNAS
Avro 504B two-seater (one of 40 produced) used by the RNAS, for example in bombing raids. Date: circa 1914-1918

Austrian Aviatik G II three-man bomber, the only one made, completed in July 1917. Date: circa 1917-1918

Albatros G II German heavy bomber
Albatros G II German three-man heavy bomber, of which there was only this one made, in 1916. Date: circa 1916

Albatros D Va German fighter biplane, believed to have belonged to a Bavarian Jasta, seen here with wheel chocks and the mechanic holding the tail down during engine running tests

Albatros D III German fighter biplane
Albatros D III German single-seater fighter biplane. This is an initial production model, delivered to Jasta 29 in early 1917. Date: circa 1917

Albatros D IV German fighter biplane, of which only one was built, partly because of its unsuitable engine which delayed flight testing. Date: circa 1917-1918

Albatros D II German fighter plane, a late production model, serial no. 1076/17, still in operation after 15 April 1918 as it has the angular Balkankreuse, or Greek Cross

Albatros C III German two-seater biplane, operational from late 1916. Date: circa 1916-1918

Albatros CI, nosed-over in snow
Albatros CI two-seat general purpose German biplane, nosed-over in snow at Subat on the Eastern Front, January 1916. Date: 1916

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