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Sopwith Camel (Paperback)
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Sopwith Camel (Paperback)
Series: Air Vanguard
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Loot Price R426
Discovery Miles 4 260
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A British icon of World War I aerial combat, just as the
Supermarine Spitfire is for World War II, the Sopwith Camel might
more aptly be compared to the equally iconic (if one is Japanese)
Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero. A superb dogfighter in the hands of pilots
who mastered its vicious idiosyncrasies, the Camel also packed a
considerable punch for its day as the first British fighter with
twin machine guns. It has been credited with the most aerial
victories of any fighter type of the conflict, but that statistic
is somewhat misleading - and further muddied by the heavy losses
Camel units suffered in 1918, as higher performance types began to
eclipse the plane. Nevertheless, Camels appeared on several
battlefronts to the end of the war and beyond - during the Russian
Civil War, for example - and performed remarkably well in a variety
of other roles, including as a ground strafer, night fighter, night
intruder, and carrier-based fighter.
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