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Produced Variants
Type 105 Bulldog Mk.I
Single seat unequal span all metal biplane fighter to Specification
9/26. One 440 h.p. Bristol Jupiter VII powerplant.
Type
105 Bulldog HA
First prototype
modified with long span high aspect ratio wings for an abortive attempt on the World Altitude Record.
Type 105 Bulldog Mk.I (export)
An export version of the Mk.I featuring of Bullpup
shape wings for better climb performance.
Type 105A Bulldog Mk.II
Production version of Type 105 featuring a lengthened fuselage
to Specification 17/28. One 440 h.p. Bristol Jupiter VII powerplant except where noted.
Type 105A Bulldog
Mk.IIA
Improved production
version to Specifications 11/29 and 11/31. One 450 h.p. Bristol Jupiter VIIF powerplant.
Type 105A Bulldog Mk.IIIA
Private venture prototypes. One 530 h.p. Bristol Mercury IVA powerplant.
Type 105A Bulldog Mk.IV
Private
venture prototypes to F.7/30 requirement. One 530 h.p. Bristol Mercury IVS.2 powerplant.
Type 105A Bulldog Mk.IVA
Export
production version of Mk.IV. One 620 h.p. Bristol Mercury VIS.2 powerplant.
Type 105D Bulldog
Modified
Bulldog Mk.IIA for Denmark.
Type 105J Bulldog JSSF
Modified version of Mk.II built under licence in Japan, with
larger fuel tanks, modified undercarriage and tail unit. One 375 h.p. Nakajima Jupiter VII powerplant.
Type 124 Bulldog TM
Unarmed two seat trainer to meet the requirements of Specification
12/32 and later 13/34. One 420 h.p. Bristol Jupiter VIFH powerplant.
Projected Variants
Type 119
Two seat trainer development of the Type 105. One 480 h.p. Bristol Mercury powerplant.
1 aircraft
built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, as a
private venture. First flew May 1927.
none
7155
Mk.I
1
HA
(1)
Modified into the HA in October 1927.
1 aircraft
ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, to
contract 872437/28. First flew January 1928.
J9840
7235
Mk.II
1
1 aircraft
built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, as a
private venture for export. Never flown.
none
7267
Mk.I (export)
1
25
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, to contract 878476/28. Delivered between May and October 1929.
J9567 - J9575
7322-7330
Mk.II
9
J9576 - J9584
7332-7340
Mk.II
9
J9585 - J9590
7342-7347
Mk.II
6
J9591
7397
Mk.III
1
Retained at Filton as Mercury IV engine test
bed. Briefly registered G-AATR.
1 aircraft
built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, as a
company demonstrator. First flew June 1929.
G-AAHH
7331
Mk.II
1
Bristol Jupiter VI powerplant.
1 airframe
built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, for Mitsui
& Co., Bristol agents in Japan. Delivered mid 1929.
none
7341
Mk.II
1
Airframe only.
5 aircraft
built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, for the
Latvian Aviation Regiment (Latvijas Aviācijas Pulks). Delivered in
September 1929.
70, 71, 72K, 73K, 74K
7353-7357
Mk.II
5
See note 2.
1 aircraft
built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, for
evaluation by the United States Navy. Delivered in October 1929.
A8485
7358
Mk.II
1
Bristol Jupiter VIIF powerplant.
23
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, to contract 929308/29. Delivered between January and May 1930.
K1079 - K1101
7364-7386
Mk.II
23
2 aircraft
built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, for the
Royal Siamese Aeronautical Service. Delivered in January 1930.
7387-7388
Mk.II
2
8 aircraft
ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, for
the Royal Australian Air Force. Delivered in January 1930.
A12-1 - A12-8
7389-7396
Mk.II
8
Bristol Jupiter VIF powerplant.
1 aircraft
built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, for
evaluation by the United States Navy. Delivered in February 1930.
A8607
7398
Mk.II
1
Bristol Jupiter VIIF powerplant. Replacement
for A8485.
1 aircraft
built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, as a
company engine test bed and demonstrator. First flew January 1930.
G-ABAC
7399
Mk.II
1
Bristol Merccury III, later Gnome-Rhône
Jupiter VI powerplant.
3 aircraft
ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, for
the Royal Swedish Air Force. Delivered in August 1930.
1201 - 1203
7400-7402
Mk.II
3
Type J7 in Swedish service.
1 aircraft
built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, as a
company demonstrator. First flew mid 1930.
(none)
7403
Mk.II
1
7 aircraft
built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, for the
Latvian Aviation Regiment (Latvijas Aviācijas Pulks). Delivered in July
1930.
78K, 79, 80K, 81K, 82K,
7439- 7445
Mk.II
7
See note 2.
83, 84
1 aircraft
built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, as a
company demonstrator. First flew mid 1930.
G-ABBB
7446
Mk.II
1
Gnome-Rhône 9ASB powerplant, later 500 h.p.
Bristol Aquila I.
Mk.IIA
(1)
Converted to first Mk.IIA
12
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, for the Estonian Air Force (Eesti Õhuvägi). Delivered in August
1930.
122 - 133
7447-7458
Mk.II
12
92
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, to contract 35537/30. Delivered between October 1930 and May 1931.
K1603 - K1694
7459-7550
Mk.IIA
92
1 aircraft
built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, as a
private venture. First flew September 1931.
R-5
7560
Mk.IIIA
1
4 aircraft
ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, for
the Royal Danish Flying Corps. Delivered in March 1931.
J151 - J154 (3)
7564-7567
Type 105D
4
Type J7 in Swedish service.
8 aircraft
ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, for
the Royal Swedish Air Force. Delivered in May 1931.
5211 - 5218
7582-7589
Mk.IIA
8
120
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, to contract 105490/31.
Delivered between July 1931 and July 1932.
K2135 - K2234
7590-7689
Mk.IIA
100
K2188 converted to TM prototype
K2476 - K2495
7691-7710
Mk.IIA
20
14
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, to contract 183620/32. Delivered between July and December 1932.
K2859 - K2872
7713-7726
Mk.IIA
14
Proposed
trainer development of the Type 105. Sequence number allocated, but not
proceded with.
7690
Type 119
1
1 aircraft
built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, as a
company demonstrator. First flew October 1932.
G-ABZW
7745
Mk.IIIA
1
Markings not applied; flown with
experimental marking R-7
18
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, to contract 183620/32. Delivered between April and June 1933.
K2946 - K2963
7746-7763
Mk.IIA
18
17
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, to contract 201947/32. Delivered between December 1932 and March
1933.
K3170 - K3186
7727-7743
TM
17
10
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, to contract 201947/32. Delivered between June and November 1933.
K3504 - K3513
7764-7773
Mk.IIA
10
31
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, to contract 269472/33. Delivered between October 1933 and May 1934.
K3923 - K3953
7777-7807
TM
31
1 aircraft
ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, to
contract 170526/32. Delivered in March 1935.
K4189
7744
Mk.IIA
1
To Specification 11/31 for static testing of
stainless steel structure.
1 aircraft
ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, to
contract 288636/33. Delivered in March 1934.
K4292
7745
Mk.IV
(1)
Converted from Mk.IIIA G-ABZW
1 aircraft
built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, as a
company demonstrator. First flew October 1932.
G-ACJN
7808
Mk.IVA
1
Markings not applied; flown with
experimental marking R-8 and used as an engine test bed.
17
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, for the Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat). Delivered between January
and February 1935.
BU59 - BU75
7810-7826
Mk.II
17
11
aircraft ordered from the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, to contract 330681/34. Delivered between March and May 1935.
Although indicated by
Mark Number, strictly this would only be applicable to RAF machines, but is used here as a conventient definition.
The first five Bulldogs were initially known as Bulldog 1, 2, 3, etc. but in August 1930 were renumbered as 70,
71, 72K, 73K, and 74K. Latvian aircraft were fitted with Gnome-Rhône Jupiter VIs and Oerlikon guns, except the final
two machines (83 and 84), powered by the Gnome-Rhône 9ASB (equivalent to the Bristol Jupiter VII).
Later J301 - J304, later still J1 - J4.
Production References
Bristol Aircraft
Since 1910, C.H. Barnes (Putnam, 1964)
Air Britain RAF Aircraft Register Series, Various Volumes (Air-Britain
Publications)
RAF Contracts - Air Britain Aeromilitaria, various issues
Data Plan No.2 - The Bristol
Bulldog, Alfred Granger (Taurus Press, 1973)