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LewisS · 6 November 2009, 01:23 PM

I actually think a lot of different aircraft got this derisive moniker. The DH2 was called this during the "Fokker Scourge" because if they got hit from behind, ( their fuel tank was fairly tall and placed behind the pilot..) they tended to have fuel leaks that went straight back into the spinning Gnome. The Vickers Gunbus, the various French pushers like the Farman MF11...

6 November 2009, 01:23 PM	#4
LewisS Two-seater Pilot Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 125	I actually think a lot of different aircraft got this derisive moniker. The DH2 was called this during the "Fokker Scourge" because if they got hit from behind, ( their fuel tank was fairly tall and placed behind the pilot..) they tended to have fuel leaks that went straight back into the spinning Gnome. The Vickers Gunbus, the various French pushers like the Farman MF11...