![]() As this is some 10 pages long I don't intend to type it in here. The German approach to the use of Halberstadt CLII and IVs in 'battle flights' is well covered in German Aircraft of the First World War by Grey and Thetford which contains a very good translation of the original German instructions for their tactical deployment. Engines more powerful than those used in the single-seaters were available, but weighed too much for use in small aeroplanes. In essence, engine power was the limiting factor with respect to aircraft speeds. If the War had gone on into 1919, then the purpose-designed (and armoured) Sopwith Salamander would have been the prime ground attack single seater.įor a very good account of Camel activities in 1918, it's worth reading V M Yeates autobiographical novel Winged Victory. Other fighters, such as the Sopwith Dolphin and the Bristol Fighter, were generally assigned to high altitude work. In the main, the rotary-engined Sopwith Camel squadrons carried out much of the low level work and suffered fairly high casualties as a result Camels were thought be be better suited to the job than the inline-engine SE 5a. ![]() ![]() During the March offensive, just about everything that could fly, except for night bombers, was put to the task - I've seen an account of a German soldier being run over by the wheels of a low-flying Bristol Fighter. ![]() The RFC and, later, the RAF, was much engaged in ground attack work during the German offensives of 1918 and the subsequent fighting up to the end of the War. ![]()
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