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AIRCRAFT >> OTHER AIRCRAFT >> Morane
Catalog Number:
1993.208
Location:
JONES BUILDING, 5TH FLOOR
Description:
This Fast Prewar Monoplane (Morane), When Armed With The Garros System, Became The First French Fighter. Only 49 Were Built, And One Squadron Of Them Was Given To The British Who Used Them In The Battle Of The Somme In Mid-1916. Before This, On January 12, 1916, At The Height Of The Fokker Menace, British Lt. Grenfell Of 1 Squadron, R.F.C. Shot Down, Out Of Control, His First Fokker Fighter.
