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1、BRITISHFIGHTERUNITSWESTERNFRONT1914-16OSPREY/AIRWARSERIESEDITOR:MARTINWINDROWBRITISHFIGHTERUNITSWESTERNFRONT1914-16COLOURPLATESBYMlCHAELTRIMANDG.A.EMBLETONOSPREYPUBLISHINGLONDONPublishedin1978byOspreyPublishingLtdMemberCompanyoftheGeorgePhilipGroup12-14LongAcre,LondonWC2E9LP0Copyri
2、ght1978OspreyPublishingLtdThisbookiscopyrightedundertheBerneConvention.Allrightsreserved.Apartfromanyfairdealingforthepurposeofprivatestudy,research,criticismorreview,aspermittedundertheCopyrightAct,1956,nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem.ortransmittedi
3、nanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,electrical.chemical,mechanical,ootical,~hotocopvin~...recording,orotherwise,withoutthepriorpermissionofthecoovriehtowner.EnquiriesshouldbeaddressedtotheA,"Publishers.ISBN0850452856Theauthorwishestoacknowledgethehelpgiveninthepreparationofthisbookbyhi
4、sfellowmembersoftheCrossandCockadeSociety(GreatBritain)andinparticularthatbyJ.M.BruceandBarringtonJ.Gray.ThanksarealsoduetoLtColT.M.HawkerMCforpermissiontoquotefromhishookHowkerVC;toWgCdrT.H.WhittinghamforpermissiontoquotefromHawk,thejournaloftheRAFStaffCollege;toMrsLouisWright;T.P
5、.C.SmithofSmedley-HPFoodsLtdandlastbutvervfarfromleast.WeCdrW.M.Fry,whowasoneofthosefirs;fighterpilotsoftieRFC.Unlessotherwisecredited,photographsarefromtheauthor'scollection.FilmsetbyBASPrintersLimited.OverWallop.Hampshire,EnglandPrintedinHongKong"-""shFighterUnitsWesternFront1914
6、-16THENEEDTOARMAttheoutbreakofwarinAugust1914,theroleofchasedbytwoB.E.sandaHenriFarman.Forsometheaeroplanewasseenpurelyasthatofrecon-timeitlookedasifMajorLongcroftinoneofthenaissance,undertakingtasksthatmadeitlittlemoreB.E.2swouldbesuccessfulininterceptingthethananaturalextensionof
7、thecavalry.Opinionsenemyaeroplane-theintentionbeingtodrophanddifferedastowhetheritwasabsolutelynecessarytogrenadesonit-buttheGermanpilotturnedeastarmaeroplanes-indeedmanypeopledoubtedthatandeasilyescaped.TheFarman,fromNo.5theflyingmachinewouldhaveanypracticalvalueSquadron,wasunoffi
8、ciallyarmedwithaLewisgun,i