Morane-Saulnier Type LA

The Morane-Saulnier Type LA was a Type L fitted with redesigned wings with ailerons and a faired fuselage of circular cross-section. Like the Type L, it was usually flown with a rear, flexible Lewis gun for the observer, but at least one was fitted with propeller bullet deflectors for a front-firing, fighter-style gun.

It came into service in the summer of 1915, but its career was fairly brief because it was replaced by the superior Nieuport 10 and Nieuport 11 which were just coming into service in the autumn.

British Type LAs were in service from late 1915, frequently replacing older Type L's, until they could be replaced with Type Ps in early 1917.