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Vickers FB5 two-seater fighter plane

Vickers FB5 two-seater fighter plane, first flown in action in November 1914. Nicknamed the Gun Bus, it was Britain's first fighter helping to counter the Fokker Eindeckker threat

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10943685

Media ID

46727337

Size

2013px x 1281px (324KB)

Credit

© Hugh W. Cowin Aviation Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

Source

Photograph from the Hugh W. Cowin Aviation Collection

Date

circa 1915

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