Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2
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Between 1911 and 1914, the Royal Aircraft Factory used the F.E.2 designation for three different aircraft that shared only a common "Farman" pusher biplane layout.
F.E.2b with "V" type undercarriage
The first F.E.2 (1911)
The second aircraft bearing the F.E.2 designation (1913).
F.E.2a with original undercarriage
Max Immelmann
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Max Immelmann PLM was a German World War I flying ace. He was a pioneer in fighter aviation and is often mistakenly credited with the first aerial victory using a synchronized gun, which was in fact a
Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2
…August 1918. At its peak, the F.E.2b equipped 16 RFC squadrons in France and six Home Defence squadrons in England. On 18 June 1916, German flying ace Max Immelmann was killed in combat with F.E.2bs of No. 25 Squadron RFC. The squadron claimed the kill, but the German version of the encounter is either that Immelmann's…
Immelmann in 1916
Immelmann's first Eindecker, E.13/15
Tomb – Max Immelmann – Dresden Tolkewitz
"Der Adler von Lille" – Tomb Immelmann – Dresden –