An illustrated history of how the British fighter developed, both single- and two-seaters. At the outset of World War I the British had some 110 assorted aircraft, used mostly for the visual reconnaissance role. With the advent of faster and more agile single-seaters, the Allies and their adversaries raced to outdo each other in the creation of genuinely effective fighters with fixed forward-firing machine gun armament. It was not until 1917 that the British developed a truly effective interrupter gear, which paved the way for excellent single seaters such as the Sopwith Triplane Camel and the RAF S.E.5., later joined by the Bristol F.2B - the war's best two-seat fighter. This volume traces the rapid development of the fighter in World War I and the amazing exploits of the British and Empire aces who flew them.
Manufacturer
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing
- Skroutz Book Awards 2025
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- Type
- General History
- Time Period
- World War I
- Language
- English
- Subtitle
- -
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 96
- Release Date
- 25/12/2001
- Publication Date
- 2001
- Dimensions
- 18.5x24.8 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781841763774
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