Veteran First World War warrior springs eternal

摘要

The single seat Sopwith Dolphin served operationally from January 1918 to July 1919. At its peak, it equipped five Royal Air Force (RAF) Squadrons - the RAF having just been created in April 1918 as an amalgamation of the Royal Flying Corps and its naval equivalent, the Royal Naval Air Service. The aircraft saw service mainly in France, with a handful on home defence duties during the First World War. A total of 1,778 were built in Britain but the model was declared obsolete just three years following the cessation of hostilities in 1921.