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Sopwith Camel

In the hands of an experienced pilot, the Sopwith Camel would outmaneuver any contemporary airplane, with the possible exception of the Fokker Triplane. From July 1917, when it reached the Front, until the Armistice, the Camel shot down more than 1200 enemy aircraft.

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