Sopwith 1 ½ Strutter by Ivan Berryman. SQN424 these two British scouts being

these two British scouts being the last ever victims of Baron von Richthofen

and Wright-Patterson Airfield in Ohio

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Portsmouth Royal Naval dockyard during the Napoleonic Era with royal naval Men of War and Frigates in Portsmouth Harbour

Sopwith 1 ½ Strutter by Ivan Berryman. SQN424 these two British scouts beingDHM1737. Sopwith 1 Strutter by Ivan Berryman. The potential value of aircraft at sea had been proven as early as the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and many experiments were undertaken to provide all significant warships with their own aircraft for spotting and reconnaissance purposes. One solution widely adopted was the fitting of flying off platforms to the main guns, as demonstrated here, as a Sopwith 1 strutter is launched from HMS Warspite in 1919.