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Our model depicts the Bristol F2b D8084, No.139Sqn RAF Villaverla Aerodrome in September 1918.Originally formed in March 1918 as ’Z’ Flight andattached to No.34 Sqn in Italy for long range reconnaissanceduties. By July 1918 a second flight hadarrived and the combined unit was known as No.139Sqn RAF. The original marking of two vertical whitebands soon gave way to four white and three blackbands and ultimately expanded to the 12 and 11depicted on D8084 as it is presently painted. Thisaircraft also carried a spanwise w/b/w stripe betweenthe upperwing. The pictures on this page are theBristol F2b Fighter of the Shuttlewort Collection inthe air above Old Warden Aerodrome, England.Below the same aircraft on the ground at Old Warden,Biggleswade.The paintwork shown is the postwar service, and prior to 1981 when the aircraft wasrendered the original camouflage and markings.Bristol F2B Fighter ARF 6