Edmond Thieffry
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Edmond Thieffry was a Belgian First World War air ace and aviation pioneer. He made, with Léopold Roger and Jef de Bruycker, the first successful flight between Belgium and Congo.
Edmond Thieffry
Monument dedicated to Thieffry at Etterbeek, Brussels
A Handley Page W.8b in the markings of Sabena, similar to the aircraft flown by Thieffry and Roger in 1925.
SPAD S.VII
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The SPAD S.VII C.1 was the first in a series of single-seat biplane fighter aircraft produced by Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés during the First World War. Like its successors, the S.VII was r
Edmond Thieffry
…Nieuport 17s. Thieffry gained official status as an "ace" when he shot down two German fighters over Diksmuide on 3 July. In August he received the first SPAD VII fighter in the Belgian Air Force, bought by the Belgian prince. He gained three more victories with it. On 31 August 1917, his aircraft was badly damaged…
British-built SPAD S.VII of the RFC
SPAD S.A.2 two seater that the S.VII was developed from. The observer sat precariously in a basket, the "pulpit", ahead of the propeller.
Both the S.VII and S.XIII shared the exposed aileron bellcrank as part of its control linkage, with the "pulpit" style A.2 (top)
An original SPAD S.VII at the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace, once flown by Georges Guynemer in World War I