British WW1 biplane ground attack/close support aircraft
Sopwith TF.2 Salamander
Salamander prototype at Brooklands
Role
Ground attack
Type of aircraft
National origin
United Kingdom
Manufacturer
Sopwith
First flight
27 April 1918
Introduction
1918
Primary user
Royal Air Force
Produced
1918–1919
Number built
210
Developed from
Sopwith Snipe
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 biplane, based on the Sopwith Snipe fighter, with an armoured forward fuselage to protect the pilot and fuel system from ground fire during low level operations. It was ordered in large numbers for the Royal Air Force but the war ended before the type could enter squadron service, although two were in France in October 1918.
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