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Catalog Number:
1993.211
Location:
4E204
Description:
This Small Dehaviland Dh-2 Single Seat Pusher Was The First British Single Seat Fighter Plane. It Ended The 1916 Fokker Menace In Time To Achieve Air Superiority Over The Somme Battle. Shortly After, They Began Meeting The New Halberstadt D-II Fighters.First Of The New German Biplane (Halberstadt D-II) Fighters The Single Gun Halberstadt Was Superior To The Already Obsolete British Pusher Fighters And Began Equipping Some Of The New Jasta Fighting Units In September 1916, And Reached A Peak Of 200 At The Front In December 1916.