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Albatros
DV Collishaw's
Company
Role
Wingspan
Lenght
Height
Empty Weight
Maximum Weight
Powerplant
Armament
Maximum Speed
Service Ceiling
Endurance
Crew
Sopwith Aviation Company
Fighter
26 feet 6 inches
19 feet 6 inches
10 feet 6 inches
993 pounds
1,415 pounds
One 110 hp Clerget 9Z rotary engine or
one 130 hp Clerget 9B
One (or two) Vickers .303 machine gun
116 mph
20,000 feet
2 1/2 hours
One
Albatros DV
Albatros DV
Sopwith
Triplane
(N5492)
Sopwith Triplane
named "Black Maria",
assigned to 10th
Naval Air Squadron,
flown by Maj.
R. Collishaw,
in the 1917.
Canadian, 60 kills,
he was one of the
top leading aces
of RNAS.
His "Black Flight"
of the 10th Naval
Squadron, equipped
with the amazing
Sopwith Triplane,
enter the legend
of the Great War
