While many pilots tried to fight the early air war with carbines, shotguns, and even grappling hooks, the Germans finally fielded a plane with a machinegun firing over the cowling and through the propeller... the Fokker Eindecker. It was the introduction of the de Havilland DH-2 which reigned in the the "Fokker Scare" and gave Britain her first aerial war heroes.
The German machines...
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DeHavilland DH-2 single seat pusher scout
Spad A.2 two-seat scout with gunner's "pulpit"
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Be2c two-seater reconnaissance plane
Note: our BE2c now has guns! The inclusion of TG2 has made a defensive gun practical on this machine.
