Canadian Warplanes (5c) Ontario, Ottawa, Canada Aviation & Space Museum: Maurice Farman MF.11 Shorthorn
Canada Aviation and Space Museum / Musée de l'Aviation et de l'Espace du Canada,
Maurice Farman MF.11 Shorthorn
The Canada Aviation and Space Museum is located at 11 Aviation Parkway, Ottawa, Ontario.
The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document every historical Warplane preserved in Canada. Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data on this website. Photos are by the author unless otherwise credited. Any errors found here are by the author, and any additions, correctons or amendments to this list of Warplanes in Canada would be most welcome and may be e-mailed to the author at hskaarup@rogers.com.
(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5065736)
Maurice Farman aircraft of the Armée de l'Air in flight, France, ca 1916.
The Maurice Farman MF.11 Shorthorn is a French aircraft developed before the First World War by the Farman Aviation Works. It was used as a reconnaissance and light bomber during the early part of the warI, later being relegated to training duties. The Farman is a pusher configuration unequal-span biplane fitted with a machine gun for the observer, positioned in the front in order to give a clear field of fire. The CASM MF.11 was manufactured by Airco for the Royal Flying Corps and sent to Australia in 1917.
The MF.11 served in both the British and French air services on the Western Front in the early stages of the war. It flew the first bombing raid of the war when on 21 December 1914 an MF.11 of the Royal Naval Air Service attacked German artillery positions around Ostend, Belgium.The MF.11 was withdrawn from front-line service on the Western Front in 1915, but continued to be used by the French in Macedonia and the Middle East, while the British also used it in the Dardanelles, and Africa. The Australian Flying Corps (AFC), provided with the MF.11 by the British Indian Army, operated it during the Mesopotamian campaign of 1915–16. (Wikipedia)
Maurice Farman S.11 Shorthorn, VU-UBC.
