BE 2C # 576 (4?)

[PFF]

In 1978 "Air Aces" a pulp magazine on WWI and WW 2 Aces there is photo .p.64

of broken in two BE 2 C aircraft. The seriel number reads "576 (4?-last number is

nearly impossible to read)

Lost in a traininng accident?? (no Shell holes/trenches/ground is quite smooth)

[Dolphin]

PFF

The aeroplane in question should be a BE 2d or BE 2e built by Bristol in the serial range 5730 to 5879. Are any individual aircraft or squadron markings visible?

If you could scan and post the photo it might help someone to identify the incident. Perhaps it's worth remembering that if an aircraft was damaged in combat, and then force landed behind the lines, there would probably be no shell holes or the like in the area.

Regards

Gareth

[PFF]

Here it is

[Dolphin]

PFF

It looks more like a BE 2d than a BE 2e; the fuel tank under the port upper wing isn't visible, but the photo isn't the clearest, so it's probably there. The aeroplane doesn't appear to have the BE 2e's unequal-span wings and aileron connecting strut.

I think that's the best that I can do.

Regards

Gareth

[mickdavis]

The history of this BE is

5764 BE2d. Allotted to EF France 2.6.1916. 13 Sqn Savy crashed in forced-landing 24.8.1916. To England in packing case ex 2 AD Candas 8.9.1916. SARD Farnborough 19.1.1917 repaired, tested 3.2.1917 and allotted to EF France but re-allotted to the HD Wing. Photo shows this a/c with fuselage broken in crash.