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The Swedish military aviation had very modest
resources during the First World War. During the hard winter 1915-1916,
Thulin got an inquiry if he could help the naval aviation with
the searching for two ships frozen in the ice
of the Gulf of Bothnia. Thulin agreed and started at once the arrangements.
A ski landing gear was instantly manufactured to a Thulin B
aircraft. The aircraft was urgently sent by train to Gävle the
same evening. Next afternoon the aircraft was ready to fly. Enoch Thulin
himself began the search, which continued for several days. At one occasion, the engine began to malfunction and Thulin had to make an emergency landing on an ice floe far offshore. The problem was the fuel filter. In order to get ready as soon as possible, he bypassed the fuel filter with a rubber hose. Then he had to do the difficult trick of starting the engine himself and climb up in the aircraft before it slipped away on the ice. The photo above was taken at Gäve harbour on the 24th of February 1916. The aircraft is marked with a "T" on each wing - Thulin's usual marking. |
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| A French Morane-Saulnier M.S.3G captured by German troops, circa 1915. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, Public domain. | ||||||
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