Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Sopwith Tractor Biplane, was a British aircraft designed and built prior to the start of the First World War. One of the first aircraft built by Sopwith, it was operated by both the Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Flying Corps, being used briefly over Belgium by the RNAS following the start of the war. The RFC received its Tractor biplanes between November 1913 and March 1914, with the first example being tested to destruction in the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough, it being found that structural strength was inadequate. Despite this, the remaining eight aircraft were issued to No. 5 Squadron as two-seaters. Two were destroyed in a fatal mid-air collision on 12 May 1914, while several more were wrecked in accidents before the outbreak of the First World War. 5 Squadron left its remaining Tractor Biplanes in England when it deployed to France in August 1914, these being briefly used as trainers at the Central Flying School.

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