Sopwith Snipe
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The Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe is a British single-seat biplane fighter of the Royal Air Force. It was designed and built by the Sopwith Aviation Company during the First World War, and came into squadron ser
A Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe replica
William George Barker's Snipe
E6655 at the Royal Air Force Museum London
E6938 at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Ottawa
Sopwith Salamander
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The Sopwith TF.2 Salamander was a British ground-attack aircraft of the First World War designed by the Sopwith Aviation Company which first flew in April 1918. It was a single-engined, single-seat bi
Sopwith Snipe
…with a 320 hp (240 kW) ABC Dragonfly radial engine and these entered production as the Sopwith Dragon. An armoured version entered production as the Sopwith Salamander. In March 1918, an example was evaluated by No.1 Aeroplane Supply Depot (No.1 ASD) at St-Omer in France. Lieutenant Leslie Hollinghurst (later an ace…
Salamander prototype at Brooklands
Side view of third prototype Salamander