Sopwith 1 ½ Strutter by Ivan Berryman. SQN424 Hawker Typhoon PD608 (5V-G) of

Hawker Typhoon PD608 (5V-G) of 439 Sqn drifts over the threshold at a forward airstrip in Belgium after a mission during the winter of 1945

Major Arthur Coningham by Ivan Berryman

these two British scouts being the last ever victims of Baron von Richthofen

for they may as well know

Sopwith 1 ½ Strutter by Ivan Berryman. SQN424 Hawker Typhoon PD608 (5V-G) ofDHM1737. Sopwith 1 Strutter by Ivan Berryman. The potential value of aircraft at sea had been proven as early as the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and many experiments were undertaken to provide all significant warships with their own aircraft for spotting and reconnaissance purposes. One solution widely adopted was the fitting of flying off platforms to the main guns, as demonstrated here, as a Sopwith 1 strutter is launched from HMS Warspite in 1919.