1915 Fokker Scourge (British Ace Book 2)

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by Griff Hosker


  More aeroplanes were shot down by ground fire than aeroplanes and I have tried to be as realistic as I can but Bill Harsker is a hero and I portray him as such. The novel ends shortly before the start of the Battle of the Somme and book 3 in the series (1916) will begin with that monumental battle.

  Selected Specifications for the aeroplanes mentioned in the novel

  FE2b

  2 crew

  47 feet wingspan

  12 feet 6 inches height

  Rolls Royce Eagle engine 360hp

  Maximum speed 91 mph (up to 98 at higher altitude)

  Ceiling, 11000 feet

  2 Lewis machine guns and up to 517lb of bombs

  AEG G1

  3 crew

  52 feet wingspan

  11 feet four inches height

  2 Mercedes 8 cylinders in line engines 100 hp each

  Maximum speed 78 mph

  Ceiling 7874 feet

  2 machine guns

  Aviatik B1/B11

  Crew 2

  Wingspan 40 feet

  Height 10 feet 10 inches

  Mercedes D11 Engine 99hp

  Maximum speed 60 mph

  Ceiling 16404 feet

  1 machine gun

  Fokker E1

  1 crew

  29 feet wingspan

  9 feet 5 inches height

  .7 Cylinder air cooled rotary engine 80 hp

  Maximum speed 81 mph

  Ceiling 9840 feet

  1 machine gun (later variants had a machine gun firing through the propeller

  Arco DH2

  1 crew

  28 feet wingspan

  9 feet 6 inches height

  Gnome Monosoupape 10 hp Rotary engine

  Maximum speed 93 mph

  Ceiling 14,000 feet

  I machine gun either fixed or moveable

  Nieuport 11

  1 crew

  29 feet wingspan

  7 feet high

  1 Le Rhone Rotary Engine 80hp

  Maximum speed 97 mph

  Ceiling 15,000 feet

  1 machine gun

  I used the following books to verify information:

  World War 1- Peter Simkins

  The Times Atlas of World History

  The British Army in World War 1 (1)- Mike Chappell

  The British Army in World War 1 (2)- Mike Chappell

  The British Army 1914-18- Fosten and Marrion

  British Air Forces 1914-1918- Cormack

  British and Empire Aces of World War 1- Shores

  A History of Aerial Warfare- John Taylor

  Thanks to the following website for the slang definitions

  www.ict.griffith.edu.au/~davidt/z_ww1_slang/index_bak.htm‎

  Griff Hosker July 2014

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