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A LARGE SCRATCH-BUILT MODEL OF A S.E.5. BI-PLANE
Lot 292

A LARGE SCRATCH-BUILT MODEL OF A S.E.5. BI-PLANE

SECOND HALF 20TH CENTURY

Closed5 March 2014

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GBP 1,875

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A LARGE SCRATCH-BUILT MODEL OF A S.E.5. BI-PLANE
SECOND HALF 20TH CENTURY
The wooden airframe with painted fabric covering
30 in. (76 cm.) high; 95 in. (241 cm.) wide; 76 in. (193 cm.) deep

Specialist note

This model depicts the S.E.5(a) (Scout Experimental 5), which was a fighter plane introduced to the Royal Flying Corps towards the end of the Great War (1914-1918). The S.E.5 was produced in great numbers by several important factories of the time including the Royal Air Factory, Vicars, Wolseley Motors and Martinsyde, with the eventual output exceeding 5000.