WW1 aircraft moved for Royal Air Force Museum Cosford exhibition

Cosford, Shropshire, UK — Three World War One aircraft have been taken to a museum in Shropshire ahead of an exhibition about the conflict.

 

Royal Air Force Museum Cosford said the “iconic” aircraft included the Sopwith Pup – “probably the pilots’ favourite” during the war.

 

It said the Bristol M1c, one of the first British war planes with a single wing, and the Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter, were also taken by road to the museum.

 

The exhibition, opening in December, had a lottery grant of nearly £900,000.

 

The museum’s conservation centre manager, Darren Priday, said it had to carry out fabric work on the Sopwith Pup, which was splitting in places.

 

The Pup was used extensively at home and abroad and had a very good turning circle, the museum said.

 

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