1/72 Roden Sopwith 2F1 Camel Trench Fighter - 52 AirbrushALL UPC: 724771014836

UPC: 724771014836

Iraq and Afghanistan

the 6th British Airborne Division received the goal to capture and control the movable bridge that crossed the Orne River near the city of Ouistreham in Normandy

In early 1944

1/72 Roden Sopwith 2F1 Camel Trench Fighter - 52 AirbrushALL UPC: 724771014836The concept of ground support aircraft was born in 1917 by which time it was evident that the infantry could not win the great trench warfare battles on their own. New effective weapons were needed. One radical new idea was the tank; but when it came to aircraft, there were many problems, first and foremost the danger to the pilot, who was very vulnerable to ground fire during low level flight. In November 1917 the RFC asked the Sopwith company for a