Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a fighter.
Registration: F-AZCN.
The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 is a British World War I biplane fighter. About 5,200 of this aircraft were built.
Armament:
1 x .303-inch (= 7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun with a breakaway mechanism so that shots could be fired through the propeller;
1 x .303-inch Lewis rifle which was mounted on the upper wing;
4 x 25-pound (= 11 kg) Cooper bombs, two under each lower wing which were dropped in order of 2, 3, 4, 1.
The aircraft in the picture is a replica.
This photo was taken on 19 May 2024 during the airshow at Aérodrome de Cerny - La Ferté-Alais.
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