The (Scout Experimental 5) was designed by Henry Folland, John Kenworthy and Major Frank Goodden of the Royal Aircraft Factory in Farnborough, it was one of the fastest aircraft of WW1 AT 138 Mph/ 222km/h.
F904 claimed one of the last aerial victories of WW1 just 1 day before the armistice. Extensively refurbished in 2007 the aircraft was rebuilt with a 200hp Wolseley Viper engine and is displayed in the markings of 84 Squadron. Together with the Camel, the S.E.5 was instrumental in regaining allied air superiority in mid 1917 and maintaining it for the rest of the war which ensured there was no repetition of `Bloody April` 1917 which bought heavy losses to the RFC. over 240 RFC aircraft were lost in combat with more than 200 aircrew killed and 119 wounded.
