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    The Sopwith 1+1⁄2 Strutter is a British single- or two-seat multi-role biplane aircraft of the First World War. It was the first British two-seat tractor...
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    with the night fighter version of the Sopwith 1½ Strutter. The F1/1 was a version with tapered wings. The T.F.1 was an experimental trench fighter used...
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    Tabloid Sopwith Baby Sopwith Sparrow Sopwith 1½ Strutter Sopwith Pup Sopwith Triplane Sopwith L.R.T.Tr. Sopwith Hispano-Suiza Triplane Sopwith Bee Sopwith Camel...
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    prototypes, then placed a production order. Sopwith was heavily engaged in the production of the Sopwith 1½ Strutter, and produced only a small number of Pups...
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    while shorter-range patrols were mounted with landplanes such as the Sopwith 1½ Strutter. A number of specialized patrol balloons were built, particularly...
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    Bristol Aircraft since 1910. London: Putnam, 1964. Bruce, J. M. Sopwith 1½ Strutter. Leatherhead: Profile Publications, 1966. Bureau of Aircraft Production...
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    Bentley BR1 (redirect from Bentley B.R.1)
    9B powered a number of important British aircraft, including the Sopwith 1½ Strutter however in service it was prone to overheating and seizure due to...
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    forces during the Russian Civil War in 1919. A 1/6 scale radio-controlled model of a Sopwith 1½ Strutter was constructed by Proctor Enterprises to appear...
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    assigned to Quatrieme Escadrille to fly a Farman pusher. On 1 May, he received a Sopwith 1½ Strutter two seater and promptly flew it into his first aerial combat...
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    Sopwith Baby Sopwith Camel Sopwith Scooter Sopwith Triplane Sopwith 1½ Strutter Sopwith Camel A preserved Clerget 9B engine is on public display at the Fleet...
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  • Farnborough, and was equipped with the Sopwith 1½ Strutter. The squadron was posted to France, and in 1917 re-equipped with Sopwith Camels. During the First World...
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    Valeika [lv]. The first aircraft were former Bolshevik Nieuport 24bis and Sopwith 1½ Strutter, both seized from German forces. They first flew on 5 August 1919...
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  • starring Paul Kaye Strutter, a 2012 film by Allison Anders Strutter, a fictional character in the film Time Bandits Sopwith 1½ Strutter, a British World...
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    Sea. In 1918, short take-off platforms were fitted for a Sopwith Camel and a Sopwith 1½ Strutter on both 15-inch (380 mm) turrets. The ship was present...
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    from this position. The unofficial "Sopwith Comic" name was also applied to a field modified Sopwith 1½ Strutter used by some home defence squadrons....
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    braced with additional struts; however, these are not structurally contiguous from top to bottom wing. The Sopwith 1½ Strutter has a W shape cabane, however...
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    Nieuport 11 C.1 Bebe Nieuport 17 (3) Nieuport 21 (2) Nieuport 23 (7) Nieuport 27 SPAD S.VII (2) Sopwith Camel F.1 Sopwith 1½ Strutter (1) Vickers FB.19...
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    supplied with second-rate and obsolete aircraft, such as the Sopwith 1½ Strutter, Dorand AR and Sopwith Camel, and inexperienced American airmen stood little...
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  • collecting his new Sopwith 1½ Strutter, Draper flew the aircraft under the foot-bridge which ran around the racing track behind the Sopwith hangars at Brooklands...
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  • operational from 2014 Potez 25: One obtained in 1928, destroyed in 1929 Sopwith 1½ Strutter: A few obtained from 1921, discarded by 1925 Sukhoi Su-7BMK/U: 24...
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  • fighter version of the Sopwith Camel, a World War 1 aircraft Comic, a nickname of a variant of the Sopwith 1½ Strutter, a World War 1 aircraft Comedian (disambiguation)...
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    fighters charged with protecting the vulnerable B.E.2c, F.E.2b and Sopwith 1½ Strutter two-seater reconnaissance and bomber machines. The Allies' fighter...
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    planform of the F.K.9. The F.K.10 showed inferior performance to the Sopwith 1½ Strutter, which was already in service as a successful two-seat fighter, and...
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    aircraft although the performance was inferior to the Sopwith 1½ Strutter. In service the S.M.1 was not successful. The nose-wheel undercarriage would...
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    "tractor" designed to be fitted with synchronization gear was the Sopwith 1½ Strutter. which entered service in early 1916.[citation needed] The problem...
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    Bristol Scout (Aug 1916–Sep 1917) Sopwith 1½ Strutter (Dec 1916–Sep 1917) Sopwith Camel (Sep 1917–Oct 1918) Sopwith Snipe (Aug 1918–Sep 1919; July 1925–May...
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    period referred specifically to a two-seater fighter such as the Sopwith 1½ Strutter or the Bristol Fighter. This usage "scout" (or sometimes "fighting...
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    Kreuz 1. Klasse). On 19 June, he was given command of Jasta 34. Greim became an ace on 16 August 1917, when he shot down a Sopwith 1½ Strutter. By 16...
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    there were many sorties by German flyers. Six aircraft attacked a Sopwith 1½ Strutter of 45 Squadron and wounded the observer, who shot one down. Later...
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    area) at Ourches Aerodrome. The squadron's first aircraft were the Sopwith 1½ Strutter ground attack aircraft. At Ourches, the 90th and other squadrons...
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