Month: April 2018

Sean Feast’s second article on the SE5a and one of its World War One Proponents. The WW1 Aviation Heritage Trust needs your help to maintain its fleet of aircraft set to return to 4 by 2019 – BE2, DVa, SE5a and DVII. Why not get closer to the action, meet the pilots, enjoy our Newsletter, and have a one free visit to Stow Maries per year to witness an air display (wether permitting. Become a Patron of the WW1 AHT by clicking on the link below!

An SE5a should be joining the WW1 Aviation Heritagee Trust in 2018. Well known Aviation Historian Sean Feast will be writing a series of articles on the merits of the SE5a as the original pilots saw it. Join our Journey to keep the aviation legacy of WW1 alive and become a Patron of WW1 AHT. The SE5a was the aircraft of choice for many RFC pilots, including four recipients of the Victoria Cross: Major Mick Mannock VC, DSO**, MC* (73 victories); Major James McCudden VC, DSO*, MC*, MM (57 victories); Captain Anthony Beauchamp-Proctor VC, DSO, MC* DFC (54 victories); and Captain Albert Ball VC, DSO**, MC (44 victories).