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Royal Aircraft Factory RE 8 (Replica)
Aircraft & Exhibits, DEC 2011-22 SEP 2012, London, Hangar Two, X006-0350
Nick-named the 'Harry Tate' after a music-hall comedian, this stable reconnaissance/artillery-spotting aircraft entered limited service in late 1916.
Royal Aircraft Factory BE2b (Replica)
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Two, 1992/0382/A
The BE2b was a very stable aircraft. On 26 April 1915, in the First World War, 2nd Lt William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse attacked Courtrai Railway Station, Cambrai, Northern France flying BE2b No. 687. Dropping a 100lb bomb he was fatally wounded by ground fire but managed to fly home, and was awarded the first Victoria Cross for an aerial action.
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