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7 unusual facts about Sopwith Camel


First Eagles: The Great War 1918

In 2007, First Eagles: Expansion Pack 1 was released that adds the Sopwith Camel, Albatros D.III, Albatros D.Va, and Fokker Dr.I.

First Yale Unit

Lt. David Ingalls, a member of the First Yale Unit, flying a Sopwith Camel with the RAF, was the first US naval aviator to become an ace.

George M. Cox

After training as a fighter pilot, he was posted in 1917 to 65 Squadron to fly Sopwith Camel no.

Harold Koch Boysen

He would not have any success until the unit re-equipped with Sopwith Camels and transferred fronts from France to northern Italy.

Harold Whistler

He was credited with 23 victories ( 1 balloon, 13 destroyed, 9 'out of control') between March 1918 and October 1918, all while flying the Sopwith Camel.

Rotec R2800

Some notable aircraft this engine has been used in are the Fokker Triplane, Sopwith Camel and the Nieuport 17.

Zero-lift drag coefficient

For example, a Sopwith Camel biplane of World War I which had many wires and bracing struts as well as fixed landing gear, had a zero-lift drag coefficient of approximately 0.0378.


Charles Dawson Booker

On 27 September, he scored his first victory while flying a Sopwith Camel; he shot down German ace Oberleutnant Hans Waldhausen of Jasta 37, who became a prisoner.

Hermann Juhnke

His first victory came on 2 May 1918, when he shot down a Sopwith Camel from 43 Squadron over Locon, France.

James Fitz-Morris

At the age of just 21, he was killed in an accident flying a Sopwith Camel in Cincinnati Ohio USA on August 14, 1918.


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