cam, 5496 words, 4 comments, Sopwith Snipe, Sopwith Camel, Cobby, King, Bolle, Jasta 2, Fokker DVII, McCloughry, Wright

An issue in World War I aviation history which gets revisited occasionally is the question of the Sopwith Snipe as successor to the Sopwith Camel. In particular one prominent World War I Aviation historian has put forward that the Sopwith Snipe was not up to 1918 or 1919 standards for performance and would have resulted in the Sopwith Snipe Squadrons failing operationally through 1919. The alternative viewpoint is that the Sopwith Snipe allowed the allied squadrons to meet the German fighters and in particular the Fokker DVII scout on equal terms at heights where the Sopwith Camel was outclassed.

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