battleplane
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of battleplane
Example Sentences
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Sir Samuel has already cheered Navy-loving Britons by telling them that the battleplane has by no means yet supplanted the battleship.
From Time Magazine Archive
Early in the morning I came just in time to see a French battleplane attack a German above Fort Douaumont.
From An Aviator's Field Book Being the field reports of Oswald Bölcke, from August 1, 1914 to October 28, 1916 by Boelcke, Oswald
The formation was not broken even then, each battleplane continuing to cover its individual bombing plane with the shelter of its wings, so to speak, though at the same time fighting off the aggressors.
From Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold by Beach, Charles Amory
It chanced that some question arose, bringing out quite a warm discussion concerning a certain appliance which Harry was trying out on his battleplane, and of which a friend was the inventor.
From Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold by Beach, Charles Amory
But their turn came at length, for in the dim light two big Gothas were discovered swinging in toward them as though bent on bringing about the destruction of the Yankee battleplane.
From Air Service Boys over the Atlantic by Beach, Charles Amory
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