WAR IN AIR (WWI)By: Baland Rabayah

Aircrafts

A short brief about aircrafts during WWI:

Aircrafts were a brand new invention during those times

Not only aircrafts were used for air wars, so as blimps, but only to observe the front line

Types of Aircrafts used

Here are some of the planes that were used in WWI:

AEG C.IV fighter AIRCO DH.2 ANSALDO A 1 BALILA BREGUET BR.M5

AEG C.IV fighter

The AEG C.IV fighter was designed in Germany, it was made in 1916, and around 658 AEG C.IV fighters were made

AIRCO DH.2

The AIRCO DH.2 was designed in England, it was made by Geoffrey De Havilland.

It was designed in 1914 and it is used for scouting/ observing the front line

There was around 487 AIRCO DH.2’s made

ANSALDO A 1 BALILLA “Hunter” The ANSALDO A 1 BALILLA was made

in Italy, it was made by ANSALDO The aircraft was made in 1918, and

there was an estimate of 108 ANSALDO A 1 BALILLA

The use of this plane was for dog fights, and some of the times for bombing

BREGUET BR.M5

The Breguet BR.5 was made in France in 1916, this plane was used for scouting/ observing the front line

There was no offical date/ how much of these aircrafts

Famous pilots/ aces

Manfred Von Richtofen was a German ace, he was born in Warsaw, Poland, but at that time it was still part of Germany

Famous pilots/ aces

Rene Paul Fonck was born in France, and was the ace of FranceWith 75 victories, not only he served in WWI, but also served in WWII