Icons Of The Skies In The Great War

 Today we begin with the Sopwith Ship Camel, a variant of the Camel adapted to serve aboard British warships during the First World War.

Across from the Camel is another diorama by John Reid, titled The Homecoming.

Here we have another legend of the First World War- the Sopwith Snipe fighter, a mainstay of British pilots.

There was no Canadian air force as of yet in the Great War, but most Canadian pilots served with the British. One of the great aces of the war is Canadian William Barker. A bust of him is beside the Snipe.

Next to the Snipe is a German veteran of that war. The Fokker D.VII became feared among Allied forces for its versatility.

Here we see a model of the Gotha G.V., a German bomber.

Warfare changed the plane- and the plane changed warfare.