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Sopwith Dolphin

Source Kestrel Publications

The Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin was a British fighter aircraft manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It was used by the Royal Flying Corps and its successor, the Royal Air Force, during the First World War. The Dolphin entered service on the Western Front in early 1918 and proved to be a formidable fighter. The aircraft was not retained in the postwar inventory and was retired shortly after the war.

No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron, which operated Dolphins along with S.E.5as, Sopwith Snipes, and captured Fokker D.VIIs, was disbanded on 28 January 1920. Although retired from Canadian Air Force service, a small number of Dolphins were sent back to Canada. Wikipedia

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CASPIR Aircraft Groups:
Canadian Aircraft Losses (11)
last update: 2021-12-31 19:10:07

Dolphin 

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last update: 2024-February-19

Dolphin B6871

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 B6871
 

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last update: 2024-February-19
1918-February-26 MIA RFC Lieutenant John Lawrie McLintock 2022-07-10

Dolphin C3803

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 C3803

5F.1

Known Squadron Assignments: ;91

last update: 2024-February-19
1918-July-26 KIFA RAF Second-Lieutenant William John Cox 2023-01-31

Dolphin C3807

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 C3807

5F.1

Known Squadron Assignments: ;23

last update: 2024-February-19
1918-May-20 KIA RAF Lieutenant Carleton Aquilla Crysler 2024-03-16

Dolphin C3824

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 C3824
 

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last update: 2024-February-19

Dolphin C3841

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 C3841

5F.1

Known Squadron Assignments: ;19

last update: 2024-February-19
1918-May-07 KIFA RAF Second-Lieutenant William Gordon Brown 2023-09-21

Dolphin C3845

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 C3845

5F.1

Known Squadron Assignments: ;85

last update: 2024-February-19
1918-April-08 KIFA RAF Lieutenant John Randolph Stacey 2022-12-05

Dolphin C3902

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 C3902

5F.1

Known Squadron Assignments: ;19

last update: 2024-February-19
1918-August-13 KIFA RAF Second-Lieutenant William George Lance 2024-03-16

Dolphin C4130

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 C4130
 

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last update: 2024-February-19

Dolphin C4149

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 C4149

5F.1

Known Squadron Assignments: ;23

last update: 2024-February-19
1918-May-08 KIFA RAF Lieutenant Victor Reginald Pauline 2023-12-17

Dolphin C4156

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 C4156
 

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last update: 2024-February-19

Dolphin C4163

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 C4163

5F.1

Known Squadron Assignments: ;87

last update: 2024-February-19
1918-September-03 KIA RAF Second-Lieutenant Frank Willard Ferguson 2024-02-07

Dolphin C8023

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 C8023
Sopwith

Known Squadron Assignments: ;81

last update: 2024-February-19
1918-May-18 KIFA RAF Lieutenant George Stanley Tunstall 2022-05-04

Dolphin C8127

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 C8127
 

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last update: 2024-February-19
1918-November-03 RAF Second-Lieutenant Walter Shorrock 2022-04-15

Dolphin C8128

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 C8128
 

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last update: 2024-February-19
1918-July-23 KIFA RAF Lieutenant Benson Charles Fox 2023-02-23

Dolphin C8602

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 C8602
 

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last update: 2024-February-19
1918-April-07 KIFA RAF Lieutenant Arthur Lorne Simpson 2023-03-02

Dolphin D3585

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 D3585
 

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last update: 2024-February-19
1918-November-27 KIFA RAF Lieutenant Noble Alexander Weir 2023-09-21

Dolphin D3669

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 D3669
 

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last update: 2024-February-19
1918-July Survived RAF Captain Arthur Bradfield Fairclough Military Cross 2023-02-13

Dolphin D3715

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 D3715
 

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last update: 2024-February-19
1918-August-06 Survived RAF Captain Harold Albert 'Pete' White Distinguished Flying Cross 2022-11-24

Dolphin D3773

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 D3773
 

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last update: 2024-February-19
1918-August-12 KIFA RAF Second-Lieutenant Roy Wesley Kerr 2023-05-15

Dolphin D5220

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 D5220
 

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last update: 2024-February-19
1918-August-31 Survived RAF Captain Frederick Joseph Stevenson DFC 2022-05-16

Dolphin D5236

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 D5236
 

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last update: 2024-February-19
unkown date Survived RAF Air Commodore Roger Amedee Del'Haye DFC, Belgian Crois de Guerre 2023-07-03

Dolphin E4428

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 E4428
Sopwith

Known Squadron Assignments: ;93

last update: 2024-February-19
1918-July-05 KIFA RAF Second-Lieutenant Richard Laurence Cotter Barwick 2022-10-04

Dolphin E4432

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 E4432
Sopwith

Known Squadron Assignments: ;19

last update: 2024-February-19
1918-August-11 KIA RAF Captain Gordon Budd Irving DFC, MiD 2023-09-26

Dolphin E4434

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 E4434
 

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last update: 2024-February-19
1918-August-14 KIA RAF Lieutenant Richard Alexander 'Bill' Hewat 2023-09-26

Dolphin E4437

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 E4437
 

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last update: 2024-February-19
1918-July-25 KIFA RAF Second-Lieutenant John David Dunbar 2023-02-04

Dolphin E4447

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 E4447
 

Known Squadron Assignments: ;91

last update: 2024-February-19
1918-July-27 KIFA RAF Lieutenant George Arthur Lipsett 2022-11-13

Dolphin E4712

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 E4712
 

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last update: 2024-February-19
unkown date Survived RAF Captain John Harry McNeany DFC 2022-04-15

Dolphin E4713

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 E4713
 

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last update: 2024-February-19
1918-September-27 Survived RAF Lieutenant Lewis Hector 'Hec' Ray 2023-04-02

Dolphin F7048

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 F7048
 

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last update: 2024-February-19
1919-February-10 KIFA RAF 2nd Lieutenant Chester Frank Yokum 2023-08-07

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