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Elvington, York, UK, October 2023. The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 is a British biplane fighter aircraft of the First World War. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Elvington, York, UK, October 2023. The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 is a British biplane fighter aircraft of the First World War.

The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 is a British biplane fighter aircraft of the First World War. It was developed at the Royal Aircraft Factory by a team consisting of Henry Folland, John Kenworthy and Major Frank Goodden. It was one of the fastest aircraft of the war, while being both stable and relatively manoeuvrable. According to aviation author Robert Jackson, the S.E.5 was: the nimble fighter that has since been described as the 'Spitfire of World War One'