India 1920s

From a little research, I have found dozens of anomalies. But! I believe these Brisfits belonged to 5 Sqn who were patrolling the North-West Frontier of India from Apr 1920 into WWII. 20 Sqn appeared to have applied their codes on the Fin.

J6598 (C) apparently served with 5 Sqn in Jan 1924 according to Air Britian ‘J’ Files.

The ground equipment in the first photo would have yer elf & safety guys havin kittens. 2 x oil drums for steps. Excellent!:D:D

Nice pictures! Try scanning them in grey scale rather than colour or black and white. It may give a crisper result

As far as I can tell the location is in Uttar Pradesh, must look up his military record & see what he was up to over there. Several of my family seem to have been out in India around that time.

Thanks for the comments & info – they have been gradually deteriorating over time so I needed to scan the photos in before they get worse.

Thanks for posting those Bar Side. Takes me back to the early days of Shuttleworth’s example, which wore a similar scheme.

All I can add is what lovely pictures and thanks for sharing, they are definitely Bristol Fighters.
5 & 20 squadron were in India performing Army Co-operation work with Brisfits from the early 1920s, and were later joined by 28 & 31 sqns with the type.