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![]() The Sopwith Snipe on display at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington D.C. USA, was one of four that made their way to the United States for evaluation by the USAS. The aircraft the museum displays was originally a two seater aircraft. Trials were conducted with the Sopwith built Sopwith Snipe serial J3628 by the USAS in 1921. The Sopwith Snipe of E.J Richards was an early Sopwith built Snipe with the early two piece tail and the non balanced ailerons on the wings. The NASM Snipe bears the later production fixed tail surface and the balanced ailerons. The displays at the NASM for the Australian Flying Corps were marked as "Royal Australian Flying Corps", in subsequent correspondance Tom Dietz of the National Air and Space Museum wrote, "When we have the oppurtunity, we will make the correction.". The NASM website also has the Australian Flying Corps marked as "Royal Australian Flying Corps". At the time of writing this is the only display aircraft outside of Australia in the markings of the Australian Flying Corps. More photographs of this aircraft and other WWI Museum aircraft are at Museum Aircraft of World War I.
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