Vickers F.B.5
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Vickers F.B.5 "Gunbus" | |
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Role | Fighter |
Manufacturer | Vickers |
First flight | Jul 1914[1] |
Introduction | Feb 1915 |
Primary users | U.K. (RFC/RAF) U.K. (RNAS) |
Number built | ~197[2] [note 1] |
Variants | Vickers F.B.9 |
Wingspan | 11.1 m (36 ft 6 in) [4][5][6] |
Engine | 100hp Gnome Monosoupape rotary |
Armament | 1 flexible Lewis |
Ammo | 4-7 drums of 47 rounds[7] |
Crew | 2 |
Max Speed | 110 km/h (70 mph) [3][8][9][4][6] |
Climb | 460 m (1,500 ft) in 5:00[9] 1,500 m (5,000 ft) in 16:00[4][5][9] 2,400 m (8,000 ft) in 25:00[4] |
Service Ceiling | 2,700 m (9,000 ft) [5][8][9][4][6] |
Endurance | 4:00[8] to 4:30 [5][9][6] |
The Vickers FB.5 was the world's first purpose-built fighter aircraft, serving from February 1915. At first they were parceled out sparingly to protect reconnaissance machines, but as of July 1915 they started equipping full squadrons, with six squadrons of the RFC and No.1 Squadron, RNAS. They served through mid-1916.
For more information, see Wikipedia:Vickers F.B.5.
Timeline [note 2]
Game Data
Wings of Glory
Availability | Maneuver | Damage | Dmg Points | Max Alt. | Climb |
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15Q1-16Q2 | XC | B | 11 | 7 | 8 |
Plane and Crew Cards
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11 Sqn.
Rees+Hargreaves
RAF -
5 Sqn.
Graham-Gilmour+Buckerfield
RAF -
11 Sqn.
Insall+Donald
RAF -
18 Sqn.
RAF -
5 Sqn.
Guntruck -
5 Sqn.
Gilmour
Guntruck -
11 Sqn.
Insall
Guntruck -
11 Sqn.
Rees
Guntruck
Card Links
Blue Max/Canvas Eagles
Miniatures and Models
1:144 Scale
- Shapeways Full-Color: Reduced Aircraft Factory: #1649 (11 Sqn), #2345 (18 Sqn), #2874 (5 Sqn), #5074 (11 Sqn)
- Shapeways Paintable: Columbia Aerodrome; Kampfflieger; Reduced Aircraft Factory
1:285/6mm/1:288 Scale
- Shapeways Paintable: Reduced Aircraft Factory
- Table Top Flights
Resources
Orthographic Drawings
References
- Notes
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Enzo Angelucci, ed. The Rand McNally Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft, 1914-1980. New York: The Military Press, 1983 edition. ISBN 0-517-41021-4.
- J.M. Bruce. British Aeroplanes 1914-18. Great Britain: Funk & Wagnalls, 1957, 1969. ISBN 0370000382
- J.M. Bruce, Windsock Datafile 56: Vickers FB5. Great Britain: Albatros Publications, Ltd., 1996. ISBN 0-948414-75-8
- Jon Guttman, Pusher Aces of World War 1, Osprey Aircraft of the Aces #88. Great Britain: Osprey Publishing Limited, 2009. ISBN 978-1-84603-417-6
- Kevin Kelly, "Belts and Drums: A Survey of First World War Aircraft Ammunition Totals". Over the Front, Vol. 5, No. 3, Autumn 1990. Walsworth Publishing Co, Inc. and The League of World War I Aviation Historians.
- W.M. Lamberton and E.F. Cheesman, Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Great Britain: Harleyford Publications Limited, 1960.
- Kenneth Munson, Fighters 1914-19, Attack and Training Aircraft. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1976. ISBN 0713707607
- Ian Philpott, The Birth of the Royal Air Force. Great Britain: Pen & Sword Books Limited, 2013. ISBN 978-1-78159-333-2