Selected Specifications for the aeroplanes mentioned in the novel
FE2b
2 crew
47 feet wingspan
12 feet 6 inches height
Rolls Royce Eagle engine 360hp
Maximum speed 91 mph (up to 98 at higher altitude)
Ceiling, 11000 feet
2 Lewis machine guns and up to 517lb of bombs
AEG G1
3 crew
52 feet wingspan
11 feet four inches height
2 Mercedes 8 cylinders in line engines 100 hp each
Maximum speed 78 mph
Ceiling 7874 feet
2 machine guns
Aviatik B1/B11
Crew 2
Wingspan 40 feet
Height 10 feet 10 inches
Mercedes D11 Engine 99hp
Maximum speed 60 mph
Ceiling 16404 feet
1 machine gun
Fokker E1
1 crew
29 feet wingspan
9 feet 5 inches height
.7 Cylinder air cooled rotary engine 80 hp
Maximum speed 81 mph
Ceiling 9840 feet
1 machine gun (later variants had a machine gun firing through the propeller
Arco DH2
1 crew
28 feet wingspan
9 feet 6 inches height
Gnome Monosoupape 10 hp Rotary engine
Maximum speed 93 mph
Ceiling 14,000 feet
I machine gun either fixed or moveable
Nieuport 11
1 crew
29 feet wingspan
7 feet high
1 Le Rhone Rotary Engine 80hp
Maximum speed 97 mph
Ceiling 15,000 feet
1 machine gun
I used the following books to verify information:
World War 1- Peter Simkins
The Times Atlas of World History
The British Army in World War 1 (1)- Mike Chappell
The British Army in World War 1 (2)- Mike Chappell
The British Army 1914-18- Fosten and Marrion
British Air Forces 1914-1918- Cormack
British and Empire Aces of World War 1- Shores
A History of Aerial Warfare- John Taylor
Thanks to the following website for the slang definitions
www.ict.griffith.edu.au/~davidt/z_ww1_slang/index_bak.htm
Griff Hosker July 2014
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Table of Contents
Published by Sword Books Ltd 2014Copyright © Griff Hosker First Edition
Dedication The Hero
Chapter 1May 1915 England
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
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