Baron von Richthofen’s Blue Dog
This tiny glass mascot belonged to Manfred von Richthofen – the Red Baron. He owned a Great Dane called Moritz who he described as ‘the most beautiful …
This tiny glass mascot belonged to Manfred von Richthofen – the Red Baron. He owned a Great Dane called Moritz who he described as ‘the most beautiful …
Members of the WAAC were attached to the Royal Flying Corps for duties ranging from clerical work to simple aircraft servicing. This uniform belonged to a Domestic …
Photographs of the time suggest that comfort and convenience was far more important than neatness and elegance when working in hot climates. Most of this uniform belonged …
With its distinctive plywood-skinned oval section streamlined fuselage, the Albatros D.V entered service in May 1917, but from October 1917 was supplemented in large-scale production by the …
The world’s first single seat multi-gun fighter the Dolphin represented a departure from traditional Sopwith fighter design. In place of the rotary engines so characteristic of the …
So famous the Arabs named an animal after itJ.M. Ramsden Waspish wilful intolerantJ.M. Bruce The Camel designed by Thomas Sopwith was the highest scoring fighter of World …
The Bristol Fighter was designed in 1916 as a replacement for the B.E. two-seaters. No.48 Squadron received the first production aircraft and introduced them into service during …
The Pup, thought of by its pilots as the perfect flying machine, was used extensively by the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps both …
In the spring of 1916 casualties among Royal Flying Corps’ aircrew began to mount as their aircraft were no match for the Fokker monoplanes used by the …
The Caudron G3 first appeared in France in May 1914 but saw no British military service before World War One began. During the early months of war …
The de Havilland DH9A, known as the ‘Ninak’, was developed as a medium bomber. It was produced in 1918 and saw limited service in World War One …
The BE2b evolved from earlier aircraft after a great deal of experimental work by the government-owned Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough and proved to be one of …
The SE5a was considered by many pilots to be the best British single-seat fighter of World War One. Designed at the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough, the …