A German Fokker DR1, flown by Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden, on the tail of a British Sopwith Triplane at Shoreham Airshow 2014
The Fokker Dreidecker (triplane) (rear) was a World War I fighter aircraft built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. The saw widespread service in the spring of 1918. It became renowned as the aircraft in which Manfred von Richthofen gained his last 19 victories, and in which he was killed on 21 April 1918. Richthofen first flew 102/17 on 1 September 1917 and shot down two enemy aircraft in the next two days. He reported to the Kogenluft (Kommandierender General der Luftstreitkräfte) that the was superior to the Sopwith recommended that fighter squadrons be reequipped with the new aircraft as soon as combat evaluation came to an abrupt conclusion when Oberleutnant Kurt Wolff, Staffelführer of Jasta 11, was shot down in 102/17 on 15 September. The Sopwith Triplane was a British single seat fighter aircraft designed and manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company during the First World War. Pilots nicknamed it the Tripehound or simply the Triplane became operational with the Royal Naval Air Service in early 1917 and was immediately successful. The Triplane was built in comparatively small numbers and was withdrawn from active service as Sopwith Camels arrived in the latter half of 1917. Surviving aircraft continued to serve as operational trainers until the end of the war. No. 1 Naval Squadron became fully operational with the Triplane by December 1916, but the squadron did not see any significant action until February 1917, when it relocated from Furnes to 8 Naval Squadron received its Triplanes in February 9 and 10 Naval Sqs equipped with the type between April and May only other major operator of the Triplane was a French naval squadron based at Dunkirk, which received 17 aircraft. The Triplane's combat debut was highly successful. The new fighter's exceptional rate of climb and high service ceiling gave it superiority. These replicas are flown by the Great War Display Team in the UK
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Location: Shoreham, West Sussex, UK
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