Two Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a fighters.
Registration: F-AZCN and F-F-AZCY.
The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 is a British World War I biplane fighter. About 5,200 of this aircraft were built.
Armament:
1 x .303-inch (= 7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun with a breakaway mechanism so that shots could be fired through the propeller;
1 x .303-inch Lewis rifle which was mounted on the upper wing;
4 x 25-pound (= 11 kg) Cooper bombs, two under each lower wing which were dropped in order of 2, 3, 4, 1.
Both aircraft in the picture are replica's.
This photo was taken on 18 May 2024 during the airshow at Aérodrome de Cerny - La Ferté-Alais.
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