SPAD

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SPAD XIII

Origin: France

Crew: 1

Engine: 1 x Hispano-Suiza radial engine

Power: 220 hp

Wingspan: 8.03 m

Length: 6.20 m

Height: 2.34 m

Maximum speed: 210 km/h

Range: 298 km

Service ceiling: 5000 m

Armament: 1 x machine gun (Madsen)

The  SPAD XIII was among the most successful fighters of the First World War in a class with the legendary Fokker and Sopwith Camel. It was designed in France and in addition to the French, they were also used by the British, Belgians, Russians and Americans. During the war, SPAD XIII was not the regular fighter plane of the Turkish Air Forces. The three examples were captured from the enemy. The first one was an emergency-landed plane in Serme-Iraq whose pilot was murdered by the Arabs before the plane was found by the Turks. The remaining two were captured in Arabia together with the crew.