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WFS · 20 August 2001, 05:13 PM

I've read several accounts of allied pilots mistaking an Albatross for a Nieuport due to the sesquiplane wings and v struts and vice versa. I've also read about Dr1's and Sopwith tripes being mistaken for each other. (SURPRIZE!) There also seems to have been a lot of misidentification of downed planes. When researchers compare pilot claims to loss reports and squadron locations from the other side they often show that the downed plane couldn't have been what was claimed.

Wayne

20 August 2001, 05:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
WFS Scout Pilot Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Maryland Posts: 444	I've read several accounts of allied pilots mistaking an Albatross for a Nieuport due to the sesquiplane wings and v struts and vice versa. I've also read about Dr1's and Sopwith tripes being mistaken for each other. (SURPRIZE!) There also seems to have been a lot of misidentification of downed planes. When researchers compare pilot claims to loss reports and squadron locations from the other side they often show that the downed plane couldn't have been what was claimed. Wayne __________________ "The Lord God is subtle, but malicious he is not." Albert Einstein