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Camel B6230

Type : Camel

Known information
28th September 1917	Captain Fred Everest Banbury flying B6230 shot down his 6th aircraft a Albatros D.V
02nd October 1917	Captain Fred Everest Banbury flying B6230 shot down his 7th aircraft a Halberstadt C
27th October 1917	Captain Fred Everest Banbury flying B6230 shot down his 8th aircraft a Albatros D.V
28th October 1917	Captain Fred Everest Banbury flying B6230 shot down his 9th aircraft a Albatros D.V
27th November 1917	Captain Fred Everest Banbury flying B6230 shot down his 10 th aircraft a Albatros D.V

Squadrons for : Camel B6230
A list of all squadrons known to have flown Camel B6230. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
Squadron	Info
9 Sqd RNAS Country : UK Fate : became RAF squadron 209 Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of 9 Sqd RNAS	9 Sqd RNAS 9 Sqd RNAS was formed 1 February 1917 at Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, France, as No. 9 Squadron Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS)The Squadron was formed as a Royal Air Force Squadron on 1 April 1918, from No. 9 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service at Clairmarais. (All former RNAS squadrons were renumbered by the addition of 200 to their RNAS number.) During the remainder of World War I, 209 Squadron flew Sopwith Camels over the Western Front on fighter and ground support missions. The Squadron badge, the falling eagle, symbolizes the destruction of Baron Manfred von Richthofen who, in the 1914–1918 War, was credited to the guns of a pilot, Roy Brown from No. 209 Squadron

Aircraft type : Camel
A profile page including a list of all art prints for the Camel is available by clicking the aircraft name.
Aircraft	Info
Camel Click the name above to see prints featuring Camel aircraft. Manufacturer : Sopwith Production Began : 1916 Number Built : 5714	Camel SOPWITH CAMEL: was the most successful fighter of World War one. Claiming almost 3,000 air victories. The prototype of the Sopwith camel first flew in December 1916, and its first combat mission began in June 1917. joined 4 squadron RNAS based near Dunkirk. The first Royal Flying Corp squadron to receive the aircraft was no. 70 squadron. The Sopwith camel was the first designed fighter to have two forward firing machine guns. Its design gave it amazing maneuverability and aerobatic qualities. and was perfectly suited for aerial dog fighting. Squadron after squadron was re equipped with the camel and by the end of February 1918 13 squadrons were fully operational with the aircraft along the western front. Also used on the Italian Front with 3 squadrons equipped. This figure increased with a total of 19 squadrons equipped on the western front by August 1918. This included two squadrons no. 151 and 152 for night fighter duties. in June 1918. There was also a naval version of the Sopwith camel. the 2F.1s which gradually replaced the Sopwith Pup and other naval aircraft. The Naval version most memorable fete was done by Lt S D Culley who took off from a towed wood platform and destroyed the Zeppelin L.53 on the 10th August 1918. also on the 18th July six aircraft took off from the forward deck of HMS Furious to bomb the Zeppelin base at Tondern which they successfully did destroying two Zeppelins L.54 and L.60. This was the first time carrier borne aircraft had destroyed a land base installation. In total 5597 F.1s and 317 2F.1s were ordered but there may have been 200 less built. Performance. speed: 113mph at 10,000 feet. service ceiling 19,000 feet. Armament: two fixed forward firing Vickers .303 machine Guns. or one .303 forward firing and one .303 Lewis Gun

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