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Old 17 December 1998, 06:06 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I'd guess the Camel replaced the Triplane because it was (a) faster and (B) better armed. Remember that the Camel was the first two-gun fighter the Brits fielded, and that was only in the summer of 1917, a year or more behind the Germans.
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