Sopwith Tabloid - Great Britain
First Introduced: 1913
Manufacturer: Sopwith Aviation Company
Type: Reconaissance/Bomber
Engine: Gnôme Monosoupape, rotary, 100 hp
Wing Span: 24.9 ft [7.49 m]
Length: 22.8 ft [6.95 m]
Gross Weight: 1,578 lb [716 kg]
Max Speed: 92.5 mph
Crew: 1
Armament: 40 lb of bombs

Introduced toward the end of 1913, the Sopwith Tabloid was one of the first British biplanes to be used in combat. On the afternoon of 9 October 1914, in the first successful bombing mission of the war, the Royal Naval Air Service sent two Tabloids to attack the Zeppelin sheds at Dusseldorf and Cologne. Only one of them reached its target but Zeppelin Z-9 was destroyed in its shed at Dusseldorf when the Tabloid pilot released two 20 pound bombs from a height of about 600 feet.

Above information from The Aerodrome - Aces and Aircraft of World War I.