
R.A.F. S.E. 5A (more than 1 picture/meer dan 1 foto)
| The single-seated fighters
S.E.5 and S.E.5A , together with the Sopwith "Camel" ranked among the best
British fighters of WW 1. They also represented the most successful
designs created by the Royal Aircraft Factory, seated in Farnborough. The prototype S.E.5A (S.E. stood for Scouting Experimental) took off for the first time in December 1916. From March 1917 the machines of this type were built in series and till the end of the war a total of about 5.500 machines were manufactured (including 57 built by the Curtiss Company in the USA). The 5A differed from the original model S.E.5 particularly in a more powerful engine and an improved undercarriage. In March 1917 the S.E,5's were delivered to the 56th wing of the British Royal Air Force operating on the French-German front. The standard armament consisted of one fixed 7.62mm Vickers synchronised machine gun with 400 cartridges in a belt, installed on the left side in front of the pilot. The aircraft was also fitted with a 7.62mm Lewis swivel machine gun on the upper wing to shoot over the air screw. The engine was a 200hp in-line Hispano-Suiza. It gave the aircraft a maximum speed of 195 kmph and an effective ceiling of 6.000m with an endurance of 2.5 hours. The depicted model represents an aircraft, flown by pilot Capt. L.W. Jarvis, 56th Sqadron R.F.C., 1917.
De éénpersoonsjagers S.E.5 en
S.E.5A behoorden samen met de Sopwith "Camel" tot de beste jagers uit de
Eerste Wereldoorlog. Ze lieten ook de meest succesvolle ontwerpen zien van
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