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Sopwith Pup
First World War Art  Aviation Art British Aviation  Sopwith Pup |
[UP] - SE5 - Sopwith Camel - Bristol F2B - DH2 - DH4 - Sopwith Pup - Vickers Gunbus - Sopwith Triplane - Handley Page HP0400 - BE2C - Bristol Scout - RE8 - FE2 - Nieuport 10 - Nieuport 17 - Nieuport Scout - Felixstowe F.3 - Fairey IIID - Fairey IIIF - Morane Saulnier Type L - Sopwith 1.5 Strutter - Sopwith Tabloid - British WW1 Aviation Print List |
Aviation art prints of the Sopwith Pup by leading aviation artists. The Sopwith Pup In the last few months of 1916 the RNAS squadrons were equipped with Sopwith Pups and this helped in the defeat of the "Fokker Scourge" in Northern France, due to its agility and effective forward firing synchronised machine guns. The Royal Flying Corps No 66 Squadron received Sopwith Pups in early 1917. |
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Captain Robert Little by Ivan Berryman. With a final 47 victories to his credit, Robert Alexander Little was one of the highest-scoring British aces of World War 1, beginning his career with the famous No 8 (Naval) Squadron in 1916, flying Sopwith Pup N5182, as shown here. On 21st April 1917, he was attacked and shot down by six aircraft of Jasta Boelke, Little being thrown from the cockpit of his Sopwith Camel on impact with the ground. As the German aircraft swooped in to rake the wreckage with machine gun fire, Little pulled his Webley from its holster and began returning fire before being assisted by British infantry with their Lewis guns. Such was the character of this great pilot who finally met his death whilst attacking Gotha bombers on the night of 27th May 1918. |
Pups at Play by Robin Smith. Sopwith Pups. |
Tribute to Leonard H Rochford by Ivan Berryman. Recording 18 individual victories plus another 11 shared with other pilots, Leonard 'Tich' Rochford scored most of his victories in the Sopwith Camel. However, under the stewardship of the more experienced Raymond Collishaw - who became the second highest scoring Candian Ace of the war - he flew his early missions with No.3 Naval Air Squadron in the Sopwith Pup. He had forced two Albatros down out of control in March and May 1917 before the victory depicted here on 7th July 1917. In Sopwith Pup N6162 he shared in the destruction of an enemy seaplane with 4 other pilots north of Ostend. He is one of the top 30 Commonwealth Aces of the war, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Distinguished Service Cross with Bar. He died in 1986 aged 90. |
Now and Then by Peter Westacott. A tribute to Sir Thomas Sopwith and British Aerospace. BAe Harrier GR.5 ZD346 and Sopwith Pup N5195 at the Biggin Hill air fair June 1988. |
Sopwith Pup Aces of World War One. The Sopwith Pup was the forerunner of the hugely successful Sopwith Camel, which duly became the most successful fighter of World War 1. The first proper British fighting scout, the first Pups - the Royal Naval Air Service - arrived on the Western Front in 1916. Although regarded as a nice aeroplane to fly, pilots who used it in combat gained much success during the first half of 1917. The Royal Flying Corps also used the Pup from January 1917 onwards, with the final combats with the machine occurring in December of that year. This book describes the combat careers of the successful Pup aces, how they flew and how they fought. |
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