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Old 3 June 2005, 09:43 AM   #7 (permalink)
wingedwarrior
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Originally Posted by MikeW
I believe the usual term for an SE5 at first was "Sopwith type".
You are correct Mike. The German pilots often identified SE5's as Sopwith Einsitzern (hence the 'SE' ) This happened all the way until the end of WWI. Correct identification was never a strong point on either side of the lines.

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Darren