Numbers of Forign Bristol Fighter F.2b's ?

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

Anyone know the numbers please?

Bristol Fighter F.2B
How many were used by
1/. Argentina
2/. Bolivia
3/. Honduras
Serial numbers would be a bonus

Thanks
Alex

[Stig Jarlevik]

Difficult to say Alex

Argentina: Appx 28 serials 1 - 28 (10 built/assembled locally)
Bolivia: None, I believe? Why do you think they did??
Honduras: 1 serial H-9 (destroyed March 1924)

Cheers
Stig

[Alex Smart]

Hello Stig,

See this reply on Small Air Forces forum.

http://disc.yourwebapps.com/discussi...ussion%20Group

Alex

[Stig Jarlevik]

Aha

Well that book was written in 1997.
After that Dan has produced two more books on Latin American military aircraft (his latest was Conquistadors of the Sky in 2008)

In none of those two books does he mention any Bristol Fighters in Bolivia.

Since there is no lack of photos of Bolivian aircraft post 1925, we are also left with the strange wondering why nobody took any photo of these ten aircraft, which after all must have been the most common aircraft in military service before they were retired. Did everyone in Bolivia aquire cameras only in 1926?

The basis of the information is JANES from 1926. Since Dan is also relying very much on documents from US Military attachés and Embassies, it is strange that none of these sources has revealed anything.

I doubt very much Bolivia had any Bristol Fighters...

Cheers
Stig

[Lennart Andersson]

My bid is:

Argentina
28 s/ns 1 to 28, plus ten built locally, s/ns 29-38

Bolivia
None

Honduras
One, s/n H-9

Lennart A

[Stig Jarlevik]

Possibly Lennart

I know that Michael Magnusson also states that, but then I would like to see some evidence that these really existed. Any photos? No 28 is the highest I have seen....

I suppose most British surplus aircraft in 1919 which was sold went through the Aircraft Disposal Company at Croydon one way or the other.

Very little has been written about their activities and also which individuals they handled and what happened to them.

Cheers
Stig

PS: I wonder if JANES in 1926 has got some information wrong and those 10 F.2bs built in Argentina somehow was attributed to Bolivia? A longshot I know, I know...

[Alex Smart]

Hello Lennart & Stig,

Did you not follow the Small Air Forces forum ?

http://disc.yourwebapps.com/discussi...ussion%20Group

Alex

[Stig Jarlevik]

Hi Alex

Well, it does not say any more than we already have said here.
I still would like to see at least one photo of those 10 rebuilt aircraft which were given serials 29-38

Cheers
Stig