Claim: The Sopwith Triplane, a British single seat fighter aircraft designed and manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company, was destroyed by a German reconnaissance aircraft in the East of Lens on June 4, 1917.
Evidence: The Sopwith Triplane was a British single seat fighter aircraft designed and manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company during the First World War. 4 June 1917
@ 0945 hours Sopwith Triplane
(N5465) German reconnaissance aircraft Set afire; destroyed East of Lens