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Number built
497
Variants
Sopwith Salamander Sopwith Dragon
The Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe was a British single-seat biplane fighter of the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was designed and built by the Sopwith Aviation Company during the First World War, and came into squadron service a few weeks before the end of the conflict, in late 1918.
The Snipe was not a fast aircraft by the standards of its time, but its excellent climb and manoeuvrability made it a good match for contemporary German fighters.
It was selected as the standard postwar single-seat RAF fighter and the last examples were not retired until 1926.
The Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe was a British single-seat biplane fighter of the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was designed and built by the Sopwith Aviation Company...
April 1918. It was a single-engined, single-seat biplane, based on the SopwithSnipe fighter, with an armoured forward fuselage to protect the pilot and...
The Sopwith Dragon was a British single-seat fighter biplane developed from the SopwithSnipe. In April 1918, the sixth Snipe prototype was fitted with...
the Sopwith patent rights and a government contract to refurbish SopwithSnipe biplanes. Upon the liquidation of the Sopwith company, Tom Sopwith himself...
fighter of the post-war RAF, the SopwithSnipe, had been designed around the BR.2, as had its ground attack version, the Sopwith TF.2 Salamander. A number of...
car manufacturer Austin as a replacement to the Sopwith Camel, only one was built, the SopwithSnipe being preferred. In 1917, Britain's War Office issued...
The Sopwith Camel is a British First World War single-seat biplane fighter aircraft that was introduced on the Western Front in 1917. It was developed...
Sopwith Snark was a British prototype fighter aircraft designed and built towards the end of the First World War to replace the RAF's SopwithSnipes....
Nieuport) flying early in 1918. To produce a fighter to replace the SopwithSnipe in service with the RAF, the Air Ministry produced RAF Specification...
powered by the same Bentley BR2 rotary engine as used by the competing SopwithSnipe. An unusual feature of the aircraft was the use of jettisonable fuel...
single engined biplane intended to meet a requirement to replace the SopwithSnipe, the Basilisk was unsuccessful, only three being built. In 1918, the...
The Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin was a British fighter aircraft manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It was used by the Royal Flying Corps and its successor...
eventual replacement, the SopwithSnipe. The BR.1 was regarded by many RNAS officers as the best available power-plant for the Sopwith Camel. In addition, the...
single-engined biplane designed by the Sopwith Aviation Company to replace the SopwithSnipe fighter, it first flew after the end of the war, but did not enter service...
The Sopwith Pup is a British single-seater biplane fighter aircraft built by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It entered service with the Royal Naval Air...
than most other operators. The RAF's standard post-war fighter, the SopwithSnipe, used the Bentley BR2 rotary as the most powerful (at some 230 hp (170 kW))...
be powered by the big nine cylinder included the Sopwith Dragon (a derivative of the existing Snipe), the Nieuport Nighthawk, and the Siddeley Siskin...
to No. 4 Squadron, he saw action on the Western Front flying Sopwith Camels and Snipes. He scored seven of his "kills" in the latter type, more than...
based with a variety of biplane fighters including the Sopwith Pup, Sopwith Camel and SopwithSnipe. In February 1918 143 Squadron was formed at Throwley...
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