The Bristol & The Lysander
After the front view yesterday , here is a side view of the Bristol F2B B1162 here at The Shuttleworth Collection , Old Warden and between the wings you can also see a Lysander .
Shot while taking five from the Spitfire workshop which explains why I am airside taking this shot of the Bristol .
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The Bristol F2B from around one hundred years ago .
The Bristol Fighter was designed in 1916 as a replacement for the B.E. two-seaters. No.48 Squadron received the first production aircraft and introduced them into service during the Battle of Arras in April 1917. Flown in the tight defensive formations normal to two-seaters at the time, this baptism of fire was unsuccessful but it became an excellent fighting machine when the tactics were changed to allow it to be flown in the more aggressive manner of a single-seater. By the end of the war the type had been used for offensive patrols, photographic reconnaissance, escort fighting and ground attacks.
Having shown such versatility during the war it was one of the designs chosen by Hugh Trenchard to equip the peacetime Royal Air Force. Despite increasing age and poor flying conditions in many parts of the Empire, where it helped to establish the Royal Air Force’s role as aerial policeman, the Bristol Fighter soldiered on until 1932.
( info from -- RAF Museum webpage )
The Bristol & The Lysander
After the front view yesterday , here is a side view of the Bristol F2B B1162 here at The Shuttleworth Collection , Old Warden and between the wings you can also see a Lysander .
Shot while taking five from the Spitfire workshop which explains why I am airside taking this shot of the Bristol .
www.flickr.com/photos/149636765@N04/51527509303/in/photol...
The Bristol F2B from around one hundred years ago .
The Bristol Fighter was designed in 1916 as a replacement for the B.E. two-seaters. No.48 Squadron received the first production aircraft and introduced them into service during the Battle of Arras in April 1917. Flown in the tight defensive formations normal to two-seaters at the time, this baptism of fire was unsuccessful but it became an excellent fighting machine when the tactics were changed to allow it to be flown in the more aggressive manner of a single-seater. By the end of the war the type had been used for offensive patrols, photographic reconnaissance, escort fighting and ground attacks.
Having shown such versatility during the war it was one of the designs chosen by Hugh Trenchard to equip the peacetime Royal Air Force. Despite increasing age and poor flying conditions in many parts of the Empire, where it helped to establish the Royal Air Force’s role as aerial policeman, the Bristol Fighter soldiered on until 1932.
( info from -- RAF Museum webpage )