Puppies on the war
Few pictures with Puppies .Name Pup was never accepted by headquarters. Officially fighter was called Sopwith Scout but nobody was using this name. All pilots where calling it Pup. The story starting when Gen. Brancker noticed fighter first time, when it was standing near bigger observation plane Sopwith 1½ Strutter, he cried out, "Oh God! Your Strutter has a puppy!" New fighter was indeed very similar to Strutter but much more smaller. So his nickname was very accurate. Models and textures by me.
Betty was a Sopwith Pup no N6205 piloted by Canadian Cdr. Joseph Stewart Temple Fall (17 November 1895 – 1 December 1988) of 3 Naval Squadron.
Joe Fall was top score Pup Ace scoring 11 victories on this type.
On 5 September 1917 No 46 Sqn Pup pilots had encountered a single example of new Fokker Dr 1 fighter. There were only 2 at the front at this time. Pup B1842 flown by Charlie Odell was badly damaged by Werner Voss ( his 40 victory )
Airplane on picture is B5253 from training unit No 3 TDS Lopcombe Corner. October 1918. As most training planes it was unarmed.