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| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 10:36 |  | | Views : 304 | | Armament was one Vickers .303" (7 mm) machine gun on lower left side of fuse, and a .303" (7 mm) Lewis machine gun for the Observer in the rear cockpit. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 10:28 |  | | Views : 351 | | The engine was 70 HP Air-cooled, 90 degree Renault V8 RAF 1a - 72 mph - , and a "scimitar" bladed 4 blade prop (this is a hand carved 2 piece 4 blade balsa prop), and a plate glass slate Camera for the Observer in the rear cockpit (left side of pic on fuse bottoom) - the plane's notorious stability actually helped in its artillery observation and aerial photography duties. |
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| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 10:13 |  | | Views : 345 | | Its "Nemesis" was the German Fokker EIII Eindecker, hence the term for the BE2e - "Fokker Fodder", and the German nickname - "Kaltes Fleisch" (Cold Meat). |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 10:08 |  | | Views : 368 | | The RFC (Royal Flying Corp) suffered mounting casualties, for want of a better replacement, and the BE2e was belatedly withdrawn from front line combat service in 1917. 3,500 BE2e a/c were built. |
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