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Description: c/n 687. Built 1917. Saw Royal Flying Corps service as ‘F937’. Later sold privately, it was registered as ‘G-EBIB’ and modified for skywriting. It then flew with the Savage Skywriting Company, alongside ‘G-EBIA’ (previously ‘F943’) which remains airworthy with the Shuttleworth Collection, and ‘G-EBIC’ (previously ‘F938’) now on display in the RAF Museum at Hendon. ‘G-EBIB’ joined the Science Museum in 1939 and is now on display in the ‘Flight’ Hall, restored to its Skywriting colours. Science Museum, South Kensington, London.

16-6-2015
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