This pistol was used for shooting down planes: Webley & Scott Mk.I, No.2, 1915
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Military aviation was still in its infancy at the outset of the First World War. Pilots and navigators took to the skies wielding a host of handheld small arms including pistols, rifles and even shotguns alongside larger fixed machine guns. The Webley self-loading pistol in .455 calibre with its monstrous paddle-like buttstock was one such weapon used by airmen to fire at enemy aircraft.
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