Pathe film

[Kustenjaeger]

Greetings

I gather that WWI Pathe films have been organised by topic. Looking at one, at 2:46 minutes onwards a 2-seater that ended up on its nose in a field has its propeller replaced and is then flown out of the field. It looks like a Be-2 to me, without skids, but I could easily be wrong. Looks as if it is taken in England and possibly a trainer (as no camouflage or armament).

https://www.britishpathe.com/video/p...r-a-f-material

Hope this is of interest.

Edward

[flash]

Nice bit of footage Edward, like the floatplanes under tow too. Not sure what they are though.

[zenlizard]

Nice spot, Edward. I really like the static test run of the rotary engine early on in the video.

[Future Pilot]

Thanks for sharing! That was a very interesting video!

[camelbeagle]

Very nice set of film clips. Thanks for sharing.

[Flying Helmut]

Good find!

The nose-over plane is definitely a BE2c - a mid-production model ("new" style horizontal stabilisers, no skids, exhausts routed down below the fuselage and venting aft, no "cut-out" in upper wing) and has the pilot in the rear cockpit, as did all BE2cs.
The lack of armament and "camo" could equally be a front-line machine; early BE2s were all-over Clear Doped Linen, and armament was often not carried on recon machines.
The full range of markings visible on this one could be found on trainers or on front-line machines.