I Wanna Tell You a Story.... by debbielove
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Description
This is very VERY rare!
You are looking at an original Bristol Scout C serial number 1264.
A Flt Lt 'Bunnie' Bremner flew with the RNAS, No 2 Wing in the Eastern Med.. This was during WW1 of course. When he caught Malaria and was invalided back home he brought back (as you could then) three of his fave aircraft as souvenirs!!! This was one of them..
A long time passed and sadly 'Bunnie' passed away, the Sopwith's never really flew again and were totally forgotten at the back of a barn..
Then, in 2002 (yes that long), they were rediscovered by his Grandsons and a friend and so began a labour of love..
Needless to say time took its toll, and parts from most of the three were used but mostly 1264.. Reconstruction also had to be.. But what has been created (complete with 'worn look') is remarkable..
This was a 1913 Fighter!!! No sychro gun, you fired a Lewis and hoped! Bunnie's log book does record encounters with Eindekker's but does not say how many holes he put in his Prop!! The Scout was the fastest fighter in the first year of the war (lol), but the first VC for aerial combat was won by a pilot flying a Scout (Lance Hawker - three aircraft in one flight).
It flew for the first time publicly at the Shuttleworth Uncovered last year..
Enjoy
Rob
Comments (8)
Faemike55
Sweet looking tail-dragger
knupps
What a gem...................
ironsoul
Given MODs track record on auditing I wouldn't be surprised if there's a RN pilot out there with three F35 parked in his garage. Excellent story and photo.
weesel
A-Freaking-mazing story and find! Good to see the old warbird aloft again... and still thrilling folks.
Inspired_Art
That would be an awesome discovery indeed! Too bad two had to be sacrificed for one.
Buffalo1
Great shot of this beauty! Glad Lt. Bunnie brought them home and this completed model is a result. Most Lewis gun armed Bristol Scouts had the gun pointing away from the cockpit at an angle so the bullets would not hit the prop. Lanoe Hawker devised this system and It made aiming difficult. Later Bristol Scout models tried the metal wedge on the prop to deflect the forward firing bullets as on French Morane-Saulnier fighters, but this system was not very effective.
tallpindo
Makes a wonderful in real life notebook for my one and a half strutter.
flavia49
great