Nieuport 17 ‘N1720’, Adjudant René Dorme, Escadrille N3, Autumn 1916. René Pierre Marie Dorme was a distinguished World War I fighter ace, credited with 23 confirmed victories and approximately 32 probable ones. Dorme began his aviation career training as an aerial...
Nieuport 23 ‘N5017’, Teddy Franchomme, 5me Escadrelle, 1917. This aircraft had several markings versions, with the upper wing Belgian roundel showing as overpainted in one photo (Page 89 of The Belgian Air Service in the First World War by Walter Pieters) and present...
Sopwith F.1 Camel (Le Rhone), F 5967, 1st Lt. Glenn D. Wicks, B Flight, 17th Aero Squadron, 1918. Glenn Wicks was credited with destroying two enemy aircraft, the first was a Fokker D.VII southwest of Bruges while cooperating with D.H.9 bombers on August 14, 1918,...
Sopwith F.1 Camel (Clerget) N6351 of C Flight 10 (N) Sqn., March, 1918. Pilot FSL A.G. Beattie was shot down in engagement with Albatros scouts, March 1, 2018. Many thanks to historian Gregory VanWyngarden for his help researching this profile! Click the gallery...
Sopwith Camel F.1 B3921 8 Sqn. RNAS, Mont-St-Eloi, January 1918. Click the gallery thumbnail below for a larger...
