An Operational History of the Bristol M.1

I have covered the Bristol M1 in a previous presentation. In this video I take a look at that aircraft's operational history from the pre-production M1B, through the production M1Cs in Macedonia and Mesopotamia, and civilian use after World War 1.
Bristol M.1
• Bristol M.1
Dangerous by Kevin MacLeod
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[@johnparr5879]

Fascinating and very detailed..... Research.. Thank you.

[@fredo1070]

Great documentary.

[@hlynnkeith9334]

Outstanding, sir! Kudos and my compliments. The best online history of the Bristol M1c to date.

[@Forgotten_Aviation]

Thank you!

[@garychynne1377]

beautiful lines to my mind. thank yew jerry

[@Forgotten_Aviation]

It was a rather elegant little aircraft.

[@victoriaburton8405]

Such a very good commentary .Thank you Jerry.

[@Forgotten_Aviation]

Thank you, Victoria. Very glad you enjoyed it.

[@19Cub]

Great video, Jerry!

[@Forgotten_Aviation]

Thank you!

[@DrTheRich]

This is such a cute plane!

[@Forgotten_Aviation]

Rather reminiscent of the Deperdussin racing monoplanes.

[@erikvonerik]

Excellent report ! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I am baffled about the Anglo-German provenance of the Bristol company

[@Forgotten_Aviation]

Well basically Bristol was expanding. In 1912 there was quite a bit of interest from several foreign militaries. This lead to military flying schools being set up along the lines of Bristol's schools in the UK. This included Spain and Halberstadt in Germany. Deutsch-Bristol Werke was set up to build Bristol aircraft and operate a flying school under Bristol supervision. However under pressure from the German government to build designs other than those of Bristol, the agreement fell apart in 1914, before the outbreak of World War 1. So it was a short-lived arrangement.

[@erikvonerik]

@@Forgotten_Aviation doesn’t it seem this is the rule for most early aviation companies ! In Bristols case however - it was shared between Britain and Germany just prior to the war which is surreal in hindsight.

[@Forgotten_Aviation]

@@erikvonerik Not exactly unusual for the time. The Germans showed quite an interest in the Vickers FB5 about six months before the war.

[@johnp8131]

FYI. Unless I'm missing something? 111 Squadron is and was always known as "Treble one". At least that's what my colleagues called it when being part of it. Also when I worked with 111 armourers on APC at Akrotiri? I know it can be a bit awkward finding out the correct way of expressing the Sqn numbers, however it's a bit like saying, the "Six hundred and seventeenth" bomber squadron, instead of...................? Excellent documentary though.

[@JohnyG29]

It would have been called "one eleven squadron".

[@williamroberts8470]

Is it true Anthony Fokker offered his services to the British before Germany?

[@Forgotten_Aviation]

That's the first I've heard of it. His association with Germany started well before World War 1, so I wouldn't have thought so.

[@williamroberts8470]

@@Forgotten_Aviation Interesting. Perhaps some of us are just improvising. Maybe I should stop sharing "facts" of history.

[@robertcardon5402]

It was the most beautiful thing in the air until the dehavillan dragon rapide came along in the 30s

[@Forgotten_Aviation]

That is quite a distinctive aircraft.