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World War One: Fighter Planes

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Throughout World War One, also known as the Great War an array of different technologies were used from both the allies and the Central Powers.The Early months of WWI saw the beginning of air-to-air contact. Fighter Planes were first used by the Germans on the Western front followed by the French and British.

All round WWI, fighter planes were used as an aerial attack against the opposition. Through the period of 4 years major developments had occurred to improve fighter planes. With fighter planes in WWI the main influence was to gain knowledge about the land of the enemy and see main features of land such as the enemies trenches. The fighter planes were first introduced in the war on April 1st 1915 by the Germans, followed by the British and French. Pilots of these planes threw grenades, bricks and hooks from the aircraft, but failed to succeed in harming the enemy effectively. The ideal solution was a small and light machine gun to shoot from the aircraft. Although this …show more content…

The battle of Verdun started when Germany attacked Verdun in France. The Germans had the advantages in the air with approximately 168 aircraft. Most fighter planes were monoplanes, therefore the one pilot would maneuver the plane while also shooting the machine gun. Most Fighter planes were used to shoot down other planes and to extend their knowledge of the nearby land. In the Battle of Verdun, the Germans had overall air superiority against the French and used tactics to bring down their mere amount of aircraft. They would shoot down the aircraft with large machine guns from the land and other fighter planes. During the war imperial army services were also used which included fighter planes such as the those manufactured by Albatros-Flugzeugwerke and Fokker. These aircrafts used where monoplane, biplane and triplane

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