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LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 10:36 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/37958.jpg) | Views : 326 | 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 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/37957.jpg) | Views : 375 | 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. |
LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 10:13 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/37956.jpg) | Views : 367 | 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 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/37955.jpg) | Views : 393 | The RFC (Royal Flying Corp) suffered mounting casualties, for want of a better replacement, and the BE2e was belatedly withdrawn from front line combat service in 1917. 3,500 BE2e a/c were built. |
LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 10:02 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/37954.jpg) | Views : 343 | It entered service in 1916 and remained in service long after it was obsolete, being outclassed by the German Albatross and Halberstadt Scouts. |
LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 09:58 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/37953.jpg) | Views : 354 | It was mainly used for Photo Reconnaissance, with a secondary role as a night and day bomber. |
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LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 09:26 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/37952.jpg) | Views : 417 | Nicknamed "The QUIRK", this plane has "character" ... |
LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 09:23 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/37951.jpg) | Views : 390 | Two seat tendem, WW1, high-wing Biplane Reconnaissance light bomber - an early British workhorse. |
LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 09:17 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/37950.jpg) | Views : 374 | RAF BE2e (RAF = Royal Aircraft Factory), (BE = Bleriot Experimental [as in Louis Bleriot]), built by Geoffery DeHavilland |
LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 09:07 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/37949.jpg) | Views : 474 | BE2e - kit DPCM 119, http://dpcmodels.homestead.com/ , laser cut, $20, wingspan 22", scale 1:20, weight 33 grams, completed May 29, 2014 |
LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 09:00 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/37948.jpg) | Views : 399 | RAF BE2e |
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