Royal Aircraft Factory SE-5 facts for kids

Royal Aircraft Factory SE-5 in flight.

The Royal Aircraft Factory SE-5 is a British single-engine fighter aircraft. It is a biplane, that was used for World War I. It was used by the Royal Flying Corps from March 1917.

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Wooden frame construction
S.E.5a aircraft of No. 32 Squadron RAF. The wartime censor scratched out the serial numbers but left the squadron markings.
James McCudden's S.E.5a (200 h.p. geared Hispano-Suiza with 4-bladed propeller) of No. 56 Squadron RAF.
Nose of the S.E.5B being inspected
Albert Ball in S.E.5 with original windscreen and seating position
Ball in modified S.E.5 with a more conventional seating position and smaller windscreen but lacking leather padding.
... and almost 52 years on as F-904 at Old Warden
Full-scale replica S.E.5a built by Miles Aircraft in 1965 and used in films
Lynn Garrison's Miles built SE5 15 September 1970 immediately before fatal crash of Charles Boddington during filming of Von Richthofen and Brown
Close-up of the cockpit instrumentation of a S.E.5
Pilot in the cockpit. Note the forward-firing .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers and Lewis machine guns