British Planes That Won the War with Rob Bell

Channel 5 HD

3:00 AM to 3:50 AM

Wednesday 27 November

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The engineer explores how four iconic British-built aircraft became masters of the sky, beginning with the Sopwith Camel. Two years into the First World War, the British fleet was being outgunned and outmanoeuvred by the newer German fighter planes, and the answer came from the Sopwith Aviation Company and a designer called Herbert Smith. This game-changing aircraft shot down more enemy aircraft during the conflict than any other Allied fighter, and became crucial in reclaiming the skies over the Western Front