Dolphin Mk I composite airframe displayed at the Royal Air Force Museum London, 2013
Role
Fighter
Type of aircraft
Manufacturer
Sopwith Aviation Company
Designer
Herbert Smith (aircraft designer)
First flight
23 May 1917
Introduction
February 1918
Primary users
Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force
Number built
2,072[1]
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credited aerial victories he was the highest scoring pilot flying the SopwithDolphin, and the second highest scoring American, only surpassed by Eddie Rickenbacker...
consultant capacity on the development of this aeroplane. The later SopwithDolphin, already armed with twin synchronized Vickers guns just forward of...
reproductions of the Fokker Dr.I, Fokker D.VII, Fokker D.VIII, Sopwith Camel, and SopwithDolphin World War I aircraft. Alpine Fighter Collection of New Zealand...
V-8 engine. An accurate SopwithDolphin reproduction was built by Palen, the first known airworthy reproduction of the Dolphin ever known to have been...
or to improve visibility. Examples of negative stagger include the SopwithDolphin, Breguet 14 and Beechcraft Staggerwing. However, positive (forward)...
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aerial victories. He was the third ranking of the 27 aces who flew the SopwithDolphin, and the highest scoring ace in his squadron. Vigers was born in Isleworth...
French SPAD VII and SPAD XIII World War I fighters, and the British SopwithDolphin and S.E. 5a, whilst in the field of ordnance he created the Hispano-Suiza...
V8 aero engine for use in such scouts as the SPAD S.VII, S.E.5a and SopwithDolphin. However, Brasier engines were of such poor quality that the RFC's...
73 27 March 1918 1635 2/Lt. George Halliwell Harding USA † 79 Sqn. SopwithDolphin (C4016) JG I Fokker DR.I (477/17) 1 km N of Chuignolles, S of Bray-sur-Somme...
before progressing onto the more powerful Bristol Scout, Sopwith Pup, SPAD S.VII, SopwithDolphin and the SE5a. During his training in England Bannerman...
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his training in England, he joined 79 Squadron in France. Flying a SopwithDolphin, Lord became an ace along with four other pilots in the squadron: Francis...
credited with five aerial victories. John McNeaney was the only Canadian SopwithDolphin Ace. John McNeaney was born on 30 May 1897, the son of John and Mary...
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