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    Sopwith Triplane

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    This is the aircraft of Richard Pearman Minifie of 1 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service flown during the period August to October 1917. With N5454 Minifie claimed one aircraft captured, six aircraft destroyed and three aircraft out of control. The profile is taken from a photo held by the Imperial War Museum of a line up of 1 RNAS Sopwith Triplanes. Minifie's N5454 is the first aircraft in the photo.