I was looking at some colour profiles of BE2Cs the other day, and I wondered when it was that they changed from the Irish linen ‘cream’ sort of colour to the Olive green seen on the WAHT BE2C?
Furthermore, armaments wise, when did Lewis guns start getting fitted to BE2 aircraft/when did they reduce the use of observers shooting with rifles etc?
Regards
Chris
By: Southern Air99 - 12th February 2017 at 17:22
Thank you kindly for that information.I was surprised by how early they started adding Vickers guns to their armaments.
Regards
Chris
By: anneorac - 11th February 2017 at 20:55
PC 10 and PC12 are introduced in April 1916 but with the BE2 being the most numerous aircraft type is service prior to that date, I would guess that it would probably have taken a bit of time before ‘khaki’ BE2s became predominant.
It didn’t take long for Lewis guns to start appearing on the BE2 with examples being taken aloft in 1914. 1915 would see the introduction of official mountings but not every aircraft would have been fitted with them so you may find accounts of aircrew still resorting to personal weapons.
Anne.
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February 10, 2017 at 10:35 pm