Introduced into combat in the last great German offensive of World War I, the CL IV supported German troops by attacking associated ground positions and it is equipped with both fixed and flexible machine guns, hand-dropped grenades and tiny bombs, the CL IV proved extraordinarily efficacious in this role, but it didn’t have the armor [...]
28Nov09
HALBERSTADT CL IV aircraft
16Nov09
EBERHART SE-5E aircraft
When the US entered World War I, plans requested Yankee makers to mass produce aircraft already in use by the Allies. One of the wrestlers selected was the UK S.E.5A, designed by the Royal Aircraft Factory. The prototype S.E.5 first fly in December 1916, and the deliveries of an improved version, the S.E.5A, which was [...]
3Nov09
DE HAVILLAND DH-4
The DH-4 was an ever-present element of the U.S. Military Air Service both during and following World War I. entered WWI in Apr 1917, the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps only had 132 aircraft, all outdated. Modeled from a combat tested Brit De Havilland design, the DH-4 was the sole U.S. Built aircraft to [...]
