Hanriot HD. 1

 

 

Hanriot HD.1

 

Lt. Joseph Vuylsteke in his specially decorated Hanriot Dupont HD1 n° 68 of N° 11 squadron at de Moeren airfield in 1918.

At that time N° 11 Squadron was basically equipped with Sopwith Camels but could also line-up some Hanriots. 

Van der Merckt Collection KLM/MRA

 

Hanriot HD.1 at Evere

 

Hanriot HD.1 photographed at Evere airfield in the winter of 1919.

Daniel Brackx Collection

 

 

Brand-new Aviation Militaire Belge Hanriot HD.1 at a French airfield near the end of World War I.

 

Hanriot HD.1 n°44

 

 

 

Two Hanriot HD-1 fighters being prepared for a demonstration-flight during the Antwerpen "Olympiades" in 1920.

 

Hanriot HD.1 H-75 at Hendon

 

Hanriot HD.1 H-D 75 pictured at the Royal Air Force Museum at Hendon.

 

Hanriot - Dupont HD-1 n° 44

 

N° 11 Squadron (White Cocotte) Hanriot - Dupont HD-1 n° 44 in a snowy landscape in 1918.

 

 

Alfred "Freddy" Lamarche - Hanriot-Dupont HD-1

 

Pilot Alfred "Freddy" Lamarche in front of his Hanriot-Dupont HD-1 fighter at Bockum-Krefeld (Germany) in the post WWI occupation years.

 

 

Capitaine Florent Noirsin HD-1

 

Capitaine Florent Noirsin in front of the first Hanriot HD.1 delivered to the Aviation Militaire Belge in 1917 at Calais-Beaumarais.

 

 

Hanriot HD1 HD-1

 

The first Hanriot HD1 H-D N°1 was delivered new to N° 1 Squadron at De Moeren airfield on 22 August 1917.

Refused by aces such as Jan Olieslagers and André De Meulemeester, the machine was passed on to future ace Willy Coppens.

 

 

 

 

Last updated 27/12/11 08:37   Daniel Brackx

brackda@gmail.com