The Snipe entered Squadron service shortly before the end of WWI and the type remained in service until 1926. This superb though non-airworthy replica has recently arrived in the UK from New Zealand. It is destined for the RAF Museum but is on short-term loan to the Shuttleworth Collection.

The Snipe was introduced just before the end of WWI as a successor to the Sopwith Camel the and proved to be a very effective fighter that remained in RAF service until 1926. This replica was built in New Zealand using an original engine and many original parts and is painted in the colours of FO Dermot Boyle who served with No.1 Sqdn in Iraq in 1926. He later went on to become founding Chairman of the Trustees for the RAF Museum.