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ACES AND FIGHTER OF WORLD WAR 1 Collection of postcards. the copyright is present only on the pictures online and not on original Bristol Fighter Nicknamed the Royal Flying Corps’ “Brisfit” or “Biff”, the Bristol Fighter bi-plane arrived on the Western Front towards the end of 1916 with the first versions of the F.2A. In spite of the fact that it was an excellent aeroplane, its debut was a disaster as it was resoundingly defeated by German fighter pilots, among them opponents worthy of all due respect such as Manfred von Richthofen. The following F.2B version did not fare any better. None of this could be blamed on the plane, but rather on totally unsuitable battle techniques used by the British. Once the issue had been clarified, the F.2B became one of the most effective fighter planes used in the war. Flown by the Canadians Lieutenant (at the time) A.E. McKeever and Sergeant L.F. Powell, the “Biff” shot down thirty enemy planes in six months, between June 1917 and January 1918. The aircraft shown is a F.2B Mk II flown by the RAF until 1937. Images also portray the logo of the Royal Flying Corps and a patriotic Canadian poster from World War I.