This aircraft is one of only three original Bristol Fighters still in existence worldwide. It was built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1918 and restored by Historic Aircraft Collection in the United Kingdom from the 1980s to early 2006. The Museum acquired the Bristol Fighter in 2006, through trade of another aircraft.
Bristol F.2B
Fighter
The Bristol Fighter was the most successful two-seat combat aircraft of the First World War. Its robust design, powerful engine, good manoeuvrability and relatively heavy armament enabled it to excel as a fighter aircraft.