Salmson 2-A2
Pilots/Observers Coyle, Corley & Easterbrook
USAS 1st Aero Squadron, October-November 1918
(Wings of the Great War WW11301)
- Engine: One 260 h.p. Salmson-Canton-Unné radial
- Span: 38 ft 8 in
- Length: 27 ft 10 in
- Height: 9 ft 6 in
- Weight: 1,676 lb empty; 2,954 lb loaded
- Crew: Two
- Max Speed: 115 mph at 6,560 ft
- Service Ceiling: 20,500 ft
- Duration: 3 hr
- Armament: One fixed, forward-firing Vickers MG and two free-firing Lewis MG
- Notes: The Salmson 2, (given the military designation Salmson 2 A2) was a French biplane reconnaissance aircraft made by Salmson. It was developed to a 1916 requirement. Along with the Breguet 14, it was the main reconnaissance aircraft in use with the French army and the American Expeditionary Force's aviation units in 1918. At the end of the First World War, one-third of French reconnaissance aircraft were Salmson 2s. In addition to its service with the French army, the Salmson 2 served during the First World War with United States air units. Some 700 were purchased, and were generally successful.
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