Released to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First World War, Duelling above the Trenches, looks at how pioneering aviators were sent into combat aboard flimsy wood and fabric aircraft that were sometimes as deadly to their own pilots as they were to the enemy. Throughout the war, the Sopwith Aviation Company supplied more aircraft to the Royal Flying Corps and then the RAF than any other firm. The Sopwith F.1 Camel shot down 1294 enemy aircraft, more than any other Allied type and one particular example, B6313 flown by Major William Barker, shot down 46 making it the most successful aircraft in the history of the RAF.
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