Allied Planes Of WWI (4 Viewers)

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Here are a few interesting WW1 panes

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Hotchkiss 47mm cannon in the nose of a French Tellier flying boat

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/8217/fgun/fgun-bi.html

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Bristol M1 monoplane fighter
http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/bristol.html

Bias against monoplanes due to past wing breakages led to this plane being used for training only

Although the M.1C had a superior performance to many of the current RFC front line types, it was not used operationally over the Western Front.

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Blackburn Kangaroo

Sank one U Boat and damaged several more

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B.A.T. FK.23 Bantam
Fighter with the best performance of its time (post war), 1917
http://www.koolhoven.com/history/airplanes/bat/
http://images.airliners.net

Not WW1, but interesting
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Vickers 161, 1931

Designed to carry upward firing cannon in cockpit

http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Braas/4037.htm
 

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