Snipe (Fighter plane)

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Name (Latin)
Snipe (Fighter plane)
Other forms of name
7F.1 (Fighter plane)
Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe (Fighter plane)
Sopwith Snipe (Fighter plane)
See Also From tracing topical name
Fighter planes
Sopwith airplanes
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q1314538
Library of congress: sh2010002281
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Franks, N. Dolphin and Snipe aces of World War 1, 2002:back cover (the last of the famous Sopwith fighters to enter service during World War 1, the Dolphin and the Snipe ...)
  • Wikipedia, 16 Feb. 2010:under Sopwith Snipe (the Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe was a British single-seat biplane fighter of the Royal Air Force; it was designed and built by the Sopwith Aviation Company during the First World War; the Snipe proved to be a potent fighter despite its brief involvement in the war; selected as the standard postwar single-seat fighter of the RAF, the last Snipes were retired by that service in 1926)
  • Virtual Aircraft Museum website, 16 Feb. 2010:Aircraft Directory, United Kingdom, Sopwith aircraft (Sopwith Snipe, 1917)