Note the crew 'walking the prop' to pump oil out of the bottom cylinders so it will start without bending the connecting rod or blowing the head off and the low-tech starting system ("Goddamit, Gord, she stalled! Get out there and crank! Move yer ass, we're only forty feet up!"), and the mosquito abatement effect when it does start. Carbon footprint my ass, go sink something!
These things weren't very fast and had about the same stall speed as a grocery cart, but they were deadly. The brave pilots would try to fly them so low in the attack that the enemy gunners couldn't depress their guns enough to shoot at them, and if they did, the big round somewhat hopefully named motor could stop a lot of lead from reaching the pilot, and could keep running with minor bits like a few of the cylinders and heads, etc. shot away.
Enjoy.
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