Bristol F2B Fighter 6856

Object detail

Accession number

PHO-2018-5.2.531

Maker

John Page

Description

Film strip of two negatives, unnumbered. Duplicate images of 6856 Bristol F2B Fighter MKII in flight; view is of port side; gunner in gun cockpit; roundel on fuselage; '6856' on rudder. Unlikely original photograph taken by John Page, as this aircraft was destroyed in 1939. Negatives from photograph PHO-2018-5.2.530

Marks

Bristol Fighter 6856 - on sleeve Hand-written

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Synthetic/Plastic

Physical description

Film strip : black and white ; 3.5 x 7.6 cm

Record level

Work

Collection

John Hansen Page Collection

Credit Line

John Page. Bristol F2B Fighter 6856, PHO-2018-5.2.531. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Related resources

Information on aircraft history:
H 6856
Mark: F2B Mk 11
Reconditioned by Bristol Aeroplane Co
Left England on SS Suffolk Oct 1925
Withdrawn from service and converted to
training airframe at TTS Wigram Nov 1936
Reduced To Produce Burnt Late 1939.

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Classification

Photograph Negative Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Graphic Documents

Subject

Aviation

Collection type

Pictorial Walsh Memorial Library

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Group object

Name/Title: John Hansen Page Collection - Box 2 Maker: John Page Production date: 1960-1980 Accession number: PHO-2018-5.2 See full details

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