K&W Model Airplanes Bristol F2-B 1917 Fighter Assembly Manual - page 5
Bristol F2B Fighter ARF 5
Bristol F2B Fighter and Canadian pilots
The Canadian Air Force only ever held two ”Brisfits”
or ”Bifs” on strength from 6 August, 1920 to 7 Feb-
ruary, 1922 as part of an Imperial Gift of 114 varied
aircraft, however Canadian airmen flew the two-seat
fighters in the service of the Royal Flying Corps as
well as the CAF during the First World War. Cana-
dian Air Service pilot Lt. A.E. McKeever of No. 11
Squadron soon began to be regarded as an ace
among Bristol Fighter exponents, and between him-
self and his regular observer, Sgt. (later Lt.) L.F.
Powell accounted for 28 aircraft from the time of
their first victory on 26 June, 1917 and the end of
the year. With the formation of No. 1 Squadron,
Canadian Air Force, McKeever was appointed its
commanding officer and he adopted the Bristol
Fighter as his personal aircraft. This machine later
went with him when he returned to Canada after the
Armistice and was later registered on the Canadian
Civil Registry as G-CYBC.