The Great War - Aviation - Farman MF-2

The Farman MF-2 was developed in 1912 and was used by the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War. This particular plane was used for the navy's first night time bombing mission, attacking a German artillery installation on 21st December 1914.

Overall during the war, it was used for reconnaissance as well as light bombing missions. The aircraft had a maximum speed of 66 MPH, a maximum height of 12467 feet. It could fly for a maximum of 3 hours 45 minutes and could carry one machine gun and up to 288 pounds of bombs at any one time.