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1917 |
Constructed as a Camel F.1. |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n B7280. |
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30 March 1918 |
To No. 1 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service. |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n B7280. |
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1 April 1918 |
To No. 201 Squadron. |
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12 April 1918 |
While piloted by Lt James H. Forman it shot down German Fokker Dr.I near Albert, France. |
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9 May 1918 |
While piloted by Lt James H. Forman it shot down German Albatros D.V over Bapaume, France. |
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By July 1918 |
Transferred to No. 210 Squadron. |
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16 July 1918 |
While piloted by Capt Herbert A. Patey it shot down German Fokker D.VII over Zeebrugge, Belgium. |
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20 July 1918 |
While piloted by Capt Herbert A. Patey it shot down German Fokker D.VII near Ostend, Belgium. |
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31 July 1918 |
While piloted by Capt Herbert A. Patey it shot down German Fokker D.VII near Gistel, Belgium. |
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1 August 1918 |
While piloted by Capt Herbert A. Patey it shot down German Fokker D.VII near Lille, France. |
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6 August 1918 |
While piloted by Capt Herbert A. Patey it shot down German Fokker D.VII near Gistel, Belgium. |
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3 September 1918 |
While piloted by Capt Herbert A. Patey it shot down German Fokker D.VII near Roeselare, Belgium. |
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5 September 1918 |
While piloted by Capt Herbert A. Patey it was shot down over Belgium by German ace, Ludwig Beckmann on Fokker D.VII from Jasta 56. Patey crash-landed on enemy side of front line, his aircraft was captured and later used for tests by the Germans. |
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By 1936 |
Placed on display with Deutsche Luftfahrtsammlung, Berlin, Berlin. |
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1943 |
Transported by rail |
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1945 |
Captured near village of Hammer (now Kuznica Czarnkowska) by the Polish Army together with some two dozens of other airplanes from the Berlin collection. They were in poor condition, most did not have wings. Some have been cut up with axes and hacksaws, probably during hasty evacuation from Berlin the planes were adjusted in size to fit into rail wagons. |
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From 1945 to 1963 |
Stored in various places in Poland. |
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1963 |
To Krakow Aviation Museum, Krakow, Malopolskie (Lesser Poland Voivodeship). |
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Restored. |
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19 June 2012 |
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4 November 2017 |
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9 May 2023 |
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9 May 2023 |
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