6 aircraft
ordered from the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, to contract AS3423/17. First flew March 1918.
B3989 - B3990
2845-2846
2
Scout F.
B3991 - B3994
2847-2850
2
2
Scout F.1; B3992 completed as a spare
airframe, B3993-4 unfinished. See note 1.
1 aircraft
ordered from the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Filton, Bristol,
Somerset, to contract 35A/3312/C3844 and AS33826/18. Cancelled. See note 1.
The Contracts Ledger in
AIR 20/761 [2] gives serial J1991 for a 'Bristol SS F3 experimental' against contract 35A/3312/C3844 & AS33826, as does
the Air Britain Register [3], presumably via the same source. It is possible that this refers to B3991 (the 3rd Scout F) renumbered
for submission to DofR Type 1, but subsequently cancelled. Even if the '3' of F.3 did not relate to it being the third Scout
F, possibly it was indicated as the F.3 rather than F.2 to avoid confusion with the F.2A Fighter. Interestingly, though a
later design than the Scout E, it appears to have been allocated the same c/n. The design was possibly developed against
Air Ministry Specification Type 1A and Directorate of Research Specification Type 1 [4].
Production References
Bristol Aircraft
Since 1910, C.H. Barnes (Putnam, 1964)
