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==Operators== ===Military=== {{acopmap|1 1-2 Strutter|{{frac|1|1|2}} Strutter operators.}} ;{{flagcountry|Afghanistan|1919}} * [[Afghanistan Air Force]] received a single aircraft from the Soviet Union in September 1921, which remained in existence until at least December 1924.<ref>Andersson ''Air Enthusiast'' May/June 2003, p. 26.</ref> ;{{AUS}} * [[Australian Flying Corps]] ** [[No. 2 Squadron RAAF|No. 2 Squadron AFC]] operated one aircraft for training only. ** [[No. 4 Squadron RAAF|No. 4 Squadron AFC]] used Strutters for training. ** [[No. 6 Squadron RAAF|No. 6 (Training) Squadron AFC]] in the [[United Kingdom]] ;{{BEL}} * [[Belgian Air Force|''Aviation Militaire Belge'']]<ref name="Jarrett database p65"/> ** ''2ème Escadrille'' ** ''3ème Escadrille'' ** ''4ème Escadrille'' ** ''6ème Escadrille'' ;{{BRA}} * ''Escola de Aviação Militar'' used three aircraft for liaison and army co-operation duties.<ref name="Jarrett database p65"/> ;{{Flagcountry|Czechoslovakia|1918}} :[[Czechoslovak Legion]] used four SOP 1 A.2 delivered by the French Aviation Mission in Russia, and at least one Strutter captured from bolsheviks.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Čejka|first1=Zdeněk|title=Českoslovenští letci a Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter|journal=Historie a plastikové modelářství|date=November 1999|volume=IX|issue=11|pages=18–20|issn=1210-1427}}</ref> ;{{EST}} * [[Estonian Air Force]] operated a single ex-Soviet aircraft.<ref>Gerdessen 1982, pp. 64, 76.</ref> ;{{FRA}} * [[History of the Armée de l'Air (1909-1942)|''Aéronautique Militaire'']] – A total of 72 [[Squadron (aviation)|''Escadrilles'']] equipped either wholly or partly.<ref name="Jarrett database p64">Jarrett 2009, p. 64.</ref> * [[Aéronavale|''Aéronautique Navale'']]<ref>Morareau 1990, p. 16</ref> ;{{GRE}} * [[Hellenic Navy]] – Six aircraft used in the [[Asia Minor Campaign]] against Turkey, 1918–21.<ref name="Jarrett database p65"/> ;{{JPN}}<ref name="Bruce II p590"/> * [[Imperial Japanese Army Air Service]] ;{{LAT}} * [[Latvian Air Force]] operated four ex-Soviet aircraft.<ref name="Jarrett database p65-6">Jarrett 2009, pp. 65–66.</ref><ref>Humberstone, Richard. ''Latvian Air Force 1918–1940''. London: Blue Rider Publishing, 2000, {{ISBN|1-902851-04-8}}.</ref> * [[Aizsargi]] [[File:Sopwith Strutter Lithuanian AF.jpg|thumb|Strutter of Lithuanian Air Force. Before 1923]] ;{{flag|Lithuania|1918}} * [[Lithuanian Air Force]] operated a single ex-Soviet aircraft that landed behind Lithuanian lines during the [[Lithuanian–Soviet War]].<ref>Vistakas 1985, p. 61.</ref> Two others may also have been operated.<ref name="Jarrett database p66"/> {{MEX}} * [[Mexican Air Force|Arma de Aviación Militar]] operated one example ([[TNCA]] registration 1-S-68) from c1920–1924.<ref name="Flores Aeroplane letter">Flores ''Aeroplane'', May 2010, p. 94.</ref> ;{{NLD}} * [[Netherlands Air Force|Luchtvaart Afdeling]] used five {{frac|1|1|2}} Strutters that forced landed in neutral the Netherlands and were interned and subsequently purchased.<ref name="Jarrett database p66"/> ;{{POL}} * [[Polish Air Force]] operated three aircraft captured from the Soviets in 1919–1920.<ref name=kopanski/> ;{{flag|Romania}}<ref name="Bruce II p590"/> * [[Romanian Air Corps]] ** ''[[Grupul 1 Aeronautic|Grupul 1 Aviație]]''<ref name="Antoniu">{{cite book|title=Illustrated History of Romanian Aeronautics|first=Dan|last=Antoniu|date=2014|isbn=978-973-0-17209-6|page=54}}</ref> ** ''[[Grupul 2 Aeronautic|Grupul 2 Aviație]]''<ref name="Antoniu"/> ** ''Grupul 3 Aviație''<ref name="Antoniu"/> ** ''[[5th Aviation Group|Grupul 5 Aviație]]''<ref>{{cite book|title=Aeronautica română în Războiul de Întregire națională 1916-1919|first1=Valeriu |last1=Avram |first2=Alexandru |last2=Armă|language=ro|publisher=Editura Vremea|date=2018 |isbn=978-973-645-853-8|pages=42–43}}</ref> ;{{RUS}} * [[Imperial Russian Air Force]] and [[White movement|White Russian]] forces ;{{USSR}} * [[Soviet Air Force]] ;{{UKR}} A single aircraft acquired from Russia in 1918.<ref name="Jarrett database p66"/> ;{{UK}} * [[Royal Flying Corps]]<ref name="Bruce RFC p508">Bruce 1982, p. 508.</ref> ** [[No. 37 Squadron RAF|No. 37 Squadron RFC]] ** [[No. 39 Squadron RAF|No. 39 Squadron RFC]] ** [[No. 43 Squadron RAF|No. 43 Squadron RFC]] ** [[No. 44 Squadron RAF|No. 44 Squadron RFC]] ** [[No. 45 Squadron RAF|No. 45 Squadron RFC]] ** [[No. 46 Squadron RAF|No. 46 Squadron RFC]] ** [[No. 70 Squadron RAF|No. 70 Squadron RFC]] ** [[No. 78 Squadron RAF|No. 78 Squadron RFC]] ** [[No. 143 Squadron RAF|No. 143 Squadron RFC]] * [[Royal Naval Air Service]] ** [[No. 202 Squadron RAF|No. 2 (Naval) Squadron]] ** [[No. 205 Squadron RAF|No. 5 (Naval) Squadron]] ** [[No. 208 Squadron RAF|No. 8 (Naval) Squadron]] ;{{flagcountry|United States|1912}} * [[Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps]] * [[United States Army Air Service]] ** [[88th Aero Squadron]] ** [[90th Aero Squadron]] ** [[99th Aero Squadron]] * [[United States Navy]]<ref name="Swan Navy p495">Swanborough and Bowers 1976, p. 495.</ref> ===Civil=== ;{{ARG}} Two aircraft registered in 1928. R-105 (later LV-BAA) and R-106 (later LV-CAA). One of these two preserved in Florida.<ref name="Jarrett database p60"/><!----(this aircraft moved to New Zealand)---needs a ref----> ;{{FRA}} 55 aircraft on French civil register in 1922.<ref name="Jarrett database p60"/> ;{{JPN}} At least seven aircraft registered.<ref name="Jarrett database p60"/> ;{{SWE}} Possibly one aircraft from Switzerland in 1926.<ref name="Jarrett database p60"/> ;{{SUI}} Two aircraft, CH-53 registered 9 April 1921, cancelled 9 October 1923. CH-67 registered 5 December 1923, cancelled December 1926 as sold to [[Sweden]].<ref name="Jarrett database p60"/> ;{{UK}} One civil registered aircraft, G-EAVB.<ref name="Jarrett database p60"/>
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