Bristol Scout - version overview
Scout A
The first machine, a sport biplane. Destroyed in an emergency landing on the English Channel while returning from a tour of France.
Scout B
Two other machines, completed just at the start of the war and purchased by the War Office. One destroyed in an accident, one armed and tested in France.
Scout C
A production form of the Scout B, used by both the Air Force and Navy.
Scout D
The second production form, with a modified fuel system and the option of a synchronized machine gun.
S.S.A
A machine related to the Scout A, an armoured scout built to French order but which did not make it into series production.
S.2A
Two-seat fighter version of the Scout D for the RNAS, two prototypes built, development stopped in favour of the 1 1/2 Strutter.
Scout E
Scout project redesigned for the inline Hispano engine.
Scout F
A version based on the Scout E project, two machines were built with the Sunbeam Arab inline engine and one machine was completed without the engine as a backup.
Scout F.1
As an alternative to the unreliable Arab engine, one Scout F was completed with a Cosmos Mercury radial engine, but despite good results, further development was halted due to the end of the war.
Source:
Bruce, J. M. The Bristol Scout C & D, Profile No. 139. Profile Publications, Leatherhead 1967.
Barnes, C. H. Bristol Aircraft Since 1910, Putnam Aeronautical Books, London 1964. ISBN 0851778232.
Goodall, M. H., Tagg, A. E. British Aricraft before the Great War. Schiffer Publishing, Atgen 2001. ISBN 0-52888-165-5.
Lamberton, W. M. Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Harleyford Publications Ltd, Letchworth 1960.
http://www.airwar.ru/enc/other1/baby.html
www.britishaircraft.co.uk
Scout A
The first machine, a sport biplane. Destroyed in an emergency landing on the English Channel while returning from a tour of France.
Scout B
Two other machines, completed just at the start of the war and purchased by the War Office. One destroyed in an accident, one armed and tested in France.
Scout C
A production form of the Scout B, used by both the Air Force and Navy.
Scout D
The second production form, with a modified fuel system and the option of a synchronized machine gun.
S.S.A
A machine related to the Scout A, an armoured scout built to French order but which did not make it into series production.
S.2A
Two-seat fighter version of the Scout D for the RNAS, two prototypes built, development stopped in favour of the 1 1/2 Strutter.
Scout E
Scout project redesigned for the inline Hispano engine.
Scout F
A version based on the Scout E project, two machines were built with the Sunbeam Arab inline engine and one machine was completed without the engine as a backup.
Scout F.1
As an alternative to the unreliable Arab engine, one Scout F was completed with a Cosmos Mercury radial engine, but despite good results, further development was halted due to the end of the war.
Source:
Bruce, J. M. The Bristol Scout C & D, Profile No. 139. Profile Publications, Leatherhead 1967.
Barnes, C. H. Bristol Aircraft Since 1910, Putnam Aeronautical Books, London 1964. ISBN 0851778232.
Goodall, M. H., Tagg, A. E. British Aricraft before the Great War. Schiffer Publishing, Atgen 2001. ISBN 0-52888-165-5.
Lamberton, W. M. Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Harleyford Publications Ltd, Letchworth 1960.
http://www.airwar.ru/enc/other1/baby.html
www.britishaircraft.co.uk