| Registration / Serial: | B5747 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sopwith F-1 Camel |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sopwith F-1 Camel |
| Aircraft Version: | Sopwith F-1 Camel |
| C/n (msn): | |
| Operator Titles: | Belgium - Air Force |
| City / Area: | Brussels / Military Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Country: | Belgium |
| Collection: | Musée Royal de l'Armée et d'Histoire Militaire / Koninklijk Museum van het Leger en de Krijgsgeschiedenis |
| Photo Date: | 5 June 2015 |
| Photo by: | Peter de JongContact |
| Photo ID: | 6487Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1205 |
How the Sopwith F.1 looks like a camel was always lost on me, but it's just about the metal fairing fitted over the machine gun breeches to protect the guns from freezing at altitude. Original WWI aircraft in the Brussels Air Museum.
| Registration / Serial: | B5747 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sopwith F-1 Camel |
| C/n (msn): | |
| Operator Titles: | Belgium - Air Force |
| City / Area: | Brussels / Military Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Country: | Belgium |
| Photo Date: | 5 June 2015 |
| Photo by: | Peter de JongContact |
| Registration / Serial: | B5747 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sopwith F-1 Camel |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sopwith F-1 Camel |
| Aircraft Version: | Sopwith F-1 Camel |
| C/n (msn): | |
| Operator Titles: | Belgium - Air Force |
| City / Area: | Brussels / Military Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Country: | Belgium |
| Collection: | Musée Royal de l'Armée et d'Histoire Militaire / Koninklijk Museum van het Leger en de Krijgsgeschiedenis |
| Photo Date: | 5 June 2015 |
| Photo by: | Peter de JongContact |
| Photo ID: | 6487Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1205 |
How the Sopwith F.1 looks like a camel was always lost on me, but it's just about the metal fairing fitted over the machine gun breeches to protect the guns from freezing at altitude. Original WWI aircraft in the Brussels Air Museum.
| Registration / Serial: | B5747 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sopwith F-1 Camel |
| C/n (msn): | |
| Operator Titles: | Belgium - Air Force |
| City / Area: | Brussels / Military Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Country: | Belgium |
| Photo Date: | 5 June 2015 |
| Photo by: | Peter de JongContact |