Vintage Photograph - Bristol M1C by Ted Denyer

Bristol M1C is a photograph by Ted Denyer which was uploaded on June 25th, 2014.

Bristol M1C

By 1916 the need for a new British high performance fighter was obvious as casualties among pilots and observers were high. The British and Colonial... more

by Ted Denyer

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Title

Bristol M1C

Artist

Ted Denyer

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

By 1916 the need for a new British high performance fighter was obvious as casualties among pilots and observers were high. The British and Colonial Aircraft Companys (Bristol) answer was the M.1C monoplane, despite prejudice from officialdom which at the time favoured biplanes and harboured a misplaced distrust in the structural integrity and high landing speeds of monoplanes. Hence, although the M.1C proved to have a much higher performance than any contemporary RFC front line types it was not used over the Western Front and was seconded to minor theatres of W.W.1.
During trials it outclassed and out turned even the Sopwith Camel. and would have proved a very versatile addition to the Western Front. (It even outclassed the Fokker D-V11.) A large clear-view cut-out panel in the starboard wing root gives improved view to the pilot for landing and a single .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun mounted on the port wing root.
This aeroplane is part of the Shuttleworth collection in the colours of 72 Squadron operating in Mesopotamia during 1918.
Camera: Olympus SP-570UZ

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June 25th, 2014