Sopwith Triplane N5912 No.2 School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery Royal Flying Corps
Only two authentic Sopwith Triplanes remain in existence. N5912 was one of three aircraft built by Oakley & Co. Ltd. and delivered in late 1917. The aircraft saw no combat service and instead served with No.2 School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery at Marske. After the war the Imperial War Museum displayed the aircraft in a temporary exhibition until 1924. In 1936, the RAF acquired and restored the aircraft, flying it in several RAF Pageants at Hendon, there is presently displayed in the Grahame-White Factory Exhibition Hall. | Rob Vogelaar