National Air and Space Museum
Legend, Memory, and the Great War in the Air
November 13, 1991 – January 2, 2019
This gallery features the emergence of air power in World War I and reexamines the reality and the romantic image of this war.
Highlights include:
- Voisin VIII: early type of night bomber, 1915
- SPAD XIII: French fighter aircraft also used by Americans
- Fokker D.VII: considered the best German fighter aircraft of WWI
- Albatros D.Va: German fighter aircraft that flew on all fronts during WWI
- Pfalz D.XII: built to replace the outdated Albatros D.Va
- Sopwith Snipe: British aircraft considered one of the best all-around single-seat fighters, although it came quite late in the war
- German factory scene: WWI mass-production techniques, with original equipment
- A model of the Spruce Goose and several artifacts related to its construction (outside the gallery)
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