RNoAF BRISTOL F.2B FIGHTER
TYPE: Two-seater combat and reconnaissance aircraft
AMOUNT IN NORWEGIAN SERVICE: 5
ARMAMENT
1x 7.7 mm forward-firing Vickers machine gun in the upper fuselage
1 or 2x .303 in Lewis Guns in the observer’s cockpit
Bombs: 110 kg
the machineguns might be of another type, but most likely this. very poorly documented
TECHNICAL DATA
Crew: 2
Length: 7.87 m
Wingspan: 11.96 m
Height: 2.97 m
Wing area: 37.6 m2
Empty weight: 973 kg
Max takeoff weight: 1,471 kg
Powerplant: 1X Rolls-Royce Falcon III V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine: 275 hp
Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller
PERFORMANCE
Maximum speed: 198 km/h
Range: 594 km
Service ceiling: 5,500 m
Rate of climb: 4.52 m/s
SERIAL NUMBERS - times in service and fates
HISTORY
In 1921, the airport at Kjeller was expanded and could receive more modern aircraft. The air force was to be strengthened, and one of the first measures was the purchase of five Bristol Fighters from England.
The Bristol Fighter was a British two-seater fighter plane which, towards the end of the First World War, was one of the best that could be obtained. The type was still in RAF service when the planes arrived at Kjeller in November 1920. These were very solid and well-equipped machines. The engine was a 240 Hp Puma, which meant that this was not the fastest version of these planes, but they had a usability and reliability that was unknown in Norway at the time. These were the first real combat aircraft in the Norwegian Air Force and were equipped with one fixed and one or two movable machine guns. The planes were decommissioned and scrapped at the turn of the year 1933-34, but one plane was given to the Technical Museum in Oslo. Unfortunately, this plane was eventually cut up due to a lack of space at the museum
SOURCES
Spoiler
Bristol F.2 Fighter - Wikipedia
https://www.adlibris.com/no/bok/norske-militarfly-9788271286873?
https://www.norli.no/boker/dokumentar-og-fakta/historie-og-dokumentar/krig-og-historie/luftforsvarets-historie-fortalt-gjennom-75-gjenstander?
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