S.E.Sa
.l Squadron.Photographed (1f Farnborougl: 011 1917, its filial inspection Iwo O/Ie of th firs S.E.50's /0 47. lite lit" 4 7 1 1 t co
tw
A4562
5 I93jW.D.
pano-Suiza
work of
A4563
Ill)
may
it
By
. It h d t
s of r
d s
s e
(A4845-A4868)
,a
/917_ft.!
ft.,
climb
9 I
u r
B.I-B.200)
and
8501-8700).
(A8898-A8947)
Farn-20
A8923-8926,
and
A894J-A8947;
in
A4563
of
thi
of
unit
was
prototype
A4563,
have
early
to
0.40.
A4563.
underfairing
behind
Major
Bleriot
1917
40
with
the
t-
h.p,
Hispano-Suiza
B4890 !Va.!· captured intact by
pa ed it fina in pe ti Of Farnborough all
rm it ke un No. 7624 .,fined
/0 No. 56 SqlladrO/I,
[J4885 force-landed ;1 Holland all
ill whos markings it isseen
il 24. riginall this
E,5a win
tnsoected ll 251h Septembe 1917, rime of it fo ed
laudtng ;II/(I,{ tandar single Le is 011 it Foster ounting;
1/ with No 60 Sq "a r()ll,
r.c.
ik 8489 it ha tlie steel-tub undercarriage bill its engine drove two-biade airscrew All S.E.5a 24 Squadron willI reduced dihedral. Theheadrest has ve and in if
Alth ug h«engine isa ip tileofferor retains th«higher Foster mounting that wa standard on S.E.5a's with geared engines.
Appareml an earl instatlation of ,WOISele Vipe engine the /101 of the shape th miller-fairing is shallowe than on production Viper-powere aircraft
Th smal number 98
ssencilted
Oil tha: this S.E.5a is Cl148.TIJi,·
aircraft passed its fina! imp ction Septembe 281h 19/8, when engine No. 2297/ W. D.33397 111February 1919 fitted willi Ro Ai EH(lbli,h/llclIl voriable-pitch airscrew. photograph date June 11 1920 an aircraft standard Vipe installatio andjixed-pild, airscrew; shar exhaus pipe an th oode undercarriage.Cf091, photographed On pril 6111 20 it an ex erimenta
va iable-pitc al crei (Photo rown copyri ht
(in
in
]917.
uiza
did
h.p. Hispano-Suiza,
later
It differed chiefl
in
.5A8923 was
A8923 and A8924 were
h.p.
Wolseley
Hispano-Suizas in
which
in
1,750
r.p.m.
Normal
r.p.m.
for
the
200
h.p,
engine
Of
th
made,
O D
Oil geared
Fairl)' extensiv modification ha 10 be made 10 B4875 ill October /9/7, when II was (r(ple mOlllllingfor thre ewis guns Th~fuselage de in ahea of th cockpi
as
deeRened,al
extended windscreenas
filled, modified relJ{r~ sectionit thre slots 10 fire upwards 01 IIi!angle of45 (11101 .a
iii
campleted ill tho/ SOOn transferred /0 84884
lillie
I V " "
No. 0007/ W.D.34176 of Delaunay Belleville manufacture,For Imilling pu pose severa S.E.5u ,· er modified 10 become two- ea ers, to th onsiderabl detr men: of th ir raft's fl il
q/lalili~;·. (Photo I. .M.)
84900)
l J
In
[hat
im
the
43381 [port},cockpi necessitated lite redistribution of th aircraft instru ents Obviousl replacin lite am unitto al three guns
1101 have escape
serioli the
S .
airscrews,
gears,
/Is.
E.5n in Am ic Ju 1921. la avwith
il it
tand rd
form.
tion
of
Viper
in
an
B4862 at
B4899
84899an
aircraft
Squadron.
V-eight
same
H i s
1918,
B609,
ClUl,
B4898,
D70l7
B7832
ell
11
examples.
Aircraft Date Modification or Experiment A8938 by A8947 E. b. ovem Ie chord. (1063 e b 30'. D203 h.p. Hispano-Suiza. of this D203 at Farnborough at exper ir ta ha systems. i r Irom II
~i~j~
ch te xp imenrs, D7007 D7012E5927 October 1920 Maior G.
eriangular Farnborough . E . E S b October 1925 E 5 9 2 3 1920 il single outlet 10 made ;1 th rudder
or
Sh lt
ou la
M.e., was O.
o. 84 Squadron,
R.F.e.,
1917) wrote:
Although
was
aL
methods
of
found back
itio
whil
flying in th en(sic) an
th
rh
1]0up ly of
ge
illthos days
and
found
thattr ngth
igconsiderably.
IIwas
enammunition
fOT
an
experience,
andmore
re
ag
18.)
S . E .
B4885 was
Atted
th
B4875
eman
tank
was
ultimately abandoned.
in
amel,
B4875
enough,
rge-sc le
production
in
C1]
15,
C8752-
8754,
S.C.431S3,
1918,
were
built
1918
in
S.
.5
A-5588
and
A-5589;
Mississippi.
R u
AOWllIn
R.A.".
for
for
is
F904 subsequently
G-EBIA
and
now
D7000, it
aeroplane.
In
berra
A2-4
F938
(ex
G-EBlB);
and
F937
Tile COllodion" ulso ad /1 appears IiIOI modified centre
ct on po ly co ni ravi lk belWUIl tbe "par.' "'0.< filled. (Pho to:
i n
mounting
re-engined
undercarriage.
ln
often as
in iv dual pi ot
an preferre
cut
the
cockpit
in
one
It
gunplatform,
greatest
S .
(sic)
efficient fighting
machine,far
andOther
were
itsgr at strength
and
zoomin powers
andit splend
view Apar
fromthis,
il
consideredmost
formidablefighting
machine. (Firet. ep ..Bo wi 's .E.5 .p 25th Ae~o Squad~on (U.S,A.)
(ex
G·EEIC)
tile
as collection
development of tile
This
S.E.Sb
which
ad
esquip an
wings
nd
engine
installation
with
underslung
Production:
s. Two were el ered
Royal Mrcraft Foctory, Fornborough, Hants, A8923-A8926. A8935, A8 38 A8 39 A8941-AB947; B4851-849DO; CIOSI-1149; D70 I-D7050 (0 Iy fir-s 20 bu llt: D7017,
B7B32, renumbered).
Austin Motor (! Birmingham.
1- 5B 86 1- 10 E5637-E5936; F795/-FB200. Ltd., 751-CI950; ES937-E6036; H674-H733. Martinsyde ur ey D3911_040 0; E3154-E3253; F5249-fS34B; F8321-F8420. Co. Hendon (6351-(650 Vickers Ltd., 58 F5 1-F6 94 F9 45 Vickers Ltd. Weybridge. D3575; 05951-06200; I2 -E 40 04-E 03 F5449-F5698. cc.,
(order
cancelied).Wolseley Motors Ltd. BirnoinghQm. 07000; F851-F950; F7751-F7800. H5291-H5390
Known A.R.D. rebuilds
87881, 8790/, H7261. Armament: 0·303 0·303 Service
use:
q u i r u a I I50,
] 9
and
was
was
later
fitted
.Sa
wings
ua
span.
by operationa squadrons: B8254 (aircraft (,p.), C8846 0687 E5969 ('A'). No. 24 Sqn.-8548 ('Z'), 88422, (1098 (Capt, H. D6918, E1293, F5459 ('Y').(8904 ('A'), D5963, E5669 (,Y'), F861, H7162. EI399, E4016. ('U'), 07 06197, D7000, E/3/B. Claxton). BI83 ('4'). CI096, F5556, H693 CI937, 06136 ('Z'), E4095 ('V'), F547 H690. 0289, 06900. F5465, H7165. K. L. ('N, Capt. B8233. F5 77, 10 C6490 EI295 Lt. F858. F8038. F8040. SPECIFICATION Power;
aoe,
ft. n .lo
i l i l [t., t . ft.; ft. IG I" American-Aircraft A4563 87 B501 84862 Aircraft S.C.43153 p , 200 h.p, 200 0 hHispano-za Suiza Suiza Viper Viper
(Wolseleyj (Wolseley) Empty
