Does anyone else think this thing looks like something out of a Miyazaki movie? It's the fe2b, a pusher fighter from WWI, that, despite its looks, was apparently pretty deadly and sturdy. In fact, Max Immelmann may have been killed by one, and the Red Baron had to make a forced landing after being shot by Donald Cunnel from a fee. It may have looked like this - that's the kind of plane the Red Baron was flying that day:
That was in 1916 and 17, when they had synchronizer gears, and didn't even need pushers anymore. See, the idea was, you could fire backwards and forwards, without shooting through the propeller, since it was behind you.
There were hazards though - the gunner was not strapped in in any way, and actually had to stand on their seat and shoot the rear the gun! And if you crashed, you had the engine come down on top of you. Also, the tail section was very delicate, compared to a normal fuselage.
I think they're cool though. Here's one that I drew, but I moved the guns, just because. Actually, it was going to be part of a different illustration.
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