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"A great deal of an aeroplane could be holed without affecting its ability to fly. Wings and fuselage could be—and often were—pierced in 50 places, missing the occupants by inches (blissfully unaware of how close it had come until they returned to base). Then the sailmaker would carefully cover each hole with a square inch of Irish linen frayed at the edges and with a brushful of dope make our aircraft 'serviceable' again within an hour." Farewell to Wings by Lewis, Cecil
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Serial #
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Aircraft
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Unit
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Pilots/Observers |
N5466 |
Sopwith Triplane |
10 Naval Squadron |
Desmond Fitzgerald Fitzgibbon
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N5467 |
Sopwith Triplane |
8 Naval Squadron |
FSLt E J B Walter
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N5468 |
Sopwith Triplane (ANGEL) |
8 Naval Squadron |
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N5469 |
Sopwith Triplane |
8 Naval Squadron |
Robert Alexander Little
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N5470 |
Sopwith Triplane |
10 Naval Squadron |
FSLt LH Parker
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N5471 |
Sopwith Triplane |
8 Naval Squadron |
Robert John Orton Compston
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Sopwith Triplane | 8 Naval Squadron |
FSLt WL Jordan
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N5472 |
Sopwith Triplane |
8 Naval Squadron |
Roderick McDonald
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Sopwith Triplane | 1 Naval Squadron |
Herbert Victor Rowley
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N5474 |
Sopwith Triplane (GWEN) |
8 Naval Squadron |
FSLt Edmund Daniel Roach
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N5475 |
Sopwith Triplane |
1 Naval Squadron |
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N5476 |
Sopwith Triplane |
1 Naval Squadron |
Herbert Victor Rowley
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Sopwith Triplane | 1 Naval Squadron |
FSLt J E C Hough
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N5477 |
Sopwith Triplane |
8 Naval Squadron |
Anthony Rex Arnold
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Sopwith Triplane | 1 Naval Squadron |
FSLt LE Adlam
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