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Bristol M.1

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Produced Variants

Type 10 M.1A Single seat monoplane scout. One 110 h.p. Clerget 9Z powerplant.
Type 11 M.1B
 
As M.1A but featuring a Vickers gun on the port wing root, a cut-out panel in the starboard wing root and a revised cabane. Powerplants as indicated.
Type 20 M.1C
 
Production version. As M.1B with the Vickers gun centrally mounted and cut-outs were made in both wing-roots to improve the downward view. One 110 h.p. Le Rhône 9 powerplant.
Type 77 M.1D M.1B rebuilt as a testbed for the 140 h.p. Bristol Lucifer powerplant.



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All M.1 Types Delivered New

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Serial Range C/n Type Batch Qty Conv. Canc'd Notes
 1 aircraft built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, as a private venture. First flew July 1916.
 A5138  1374  M.1A  1      Purchased by the War Office under contract 87/A/761.
 4 aircraft built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, for the RFC to contract 87/A/761. Delivered between January and March 1917.
 A5139 - A5140  1481-1482  M.1B  2      110 h.p. Clerget 9Z powerplant.
 A5141  1483    1      130 h.p. Clerget 9B powerplant.
 A5142  1484    1      150 h.p. Bentley A.R.1 powerplant.
 125 aircraft built by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset, for the RFC to contract A.S.8236. Delivered between September 1917 and February 1918.
 C4901 - C5025  2719-2843  M.1C  125      
  Total Production 130      




Ex RAF Aircraft Reconditioned For Export

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Serial Range C/n Type Batch Qty Conv. Canc'd Notes
 12 aircraft supplied by the British Governmant to Chile for the Primera Compañía de Aviación.
 55-64, ??,??    M.1C    (12)    Ex RAF C4929, C4938, C4982 - C4988,   C4991,??,?? All originally retained their RFC serials.
  Total Production   (12)    




Ex RAF Aircraft, Civil Registered

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New C/n Initial Registration Type Notes
 1 aircraft bought back from the Aircraft Disposal Board by Major C. H. Chichester Smith.
   G-EAER  M.1C  Ex C4964; flown in the June 1919 Aerial Derby.
 4 aircraft bought back from the Aircraft Disposal Board by the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol, Somerset.
 5885  G-EASR  M.1C  Retained at Filton.
 5886  NC172N    To George Charles Haeberle, USA.
 5887  G-EAVO    To Spain in November 1921 for Senor Juan Pombo as M-AFAA
 5888  G-EAVP  M.1D  Ex M.1B A5139. Retained at Filton and used as Bristol Lucifer test bed.
 1 aircraft bought back from the Aircraft Disposal Board by Capt. Harry Butler in July 1919.
   G-AUCH  M.1C  Ex C5001; won the first Australian Aerial Derby on 8 September 1920. Rebuilt as VH-UQI.
Total Conversions   (6)




Production Summary

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All Aircraft By Type
Type Built New Conv. Canc'd Total
 Type 10 M.1A 1     1
 Type 11 M.1B 4     4
 Type 20 M.1C 125     125
 Type 77 M.1D   (1)   1
  130 (1) 0  

Production References
  1. Bristol Aircraft Since 1910, C.H. Barnes (Putnam, 1964)
  2. Bristol M.1, Windsock Datafile No.52, J.M. Bruce (Albatros Publications, 1995)
  3. Latin American Military Aviation, John M. Andrade (Midland Counties Publishing, 1982)
  4. http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/

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