Now that report makes it much clearer, thanks 🙂

Incidentally, there is some nice footage of the race on Youtube including the Plover taking off –

Re. the King’s Cup race, Flight puts the reason for the Plover’s retiral as –

Brand, it should be mentioned, had no sooner started and had just got outside the aerodrome, when the filler cap of the petrol tank blew off, and he had to make a hurried, but beautifully executed, return to the ‘drome. Things were soon put right, however, and he got away again, but a little later on it was announced that he had landed at Little Waltham (Chelmsford) and had retired from the race.

I wonder if the “somersault” mentioned in the newspaper report refers more to the first landing back at the aerodrome and was a manoeuvre in the air rather than a turning over on the ground.

Cheers, cometguymk1 🙂

Thanks for asking anyway, Adrian 🙂

I’d go for the DH9A as well. The combing at the back of the rear cockpit on the Siskin DC was notably higher than the front, and the rear cabane struts were set at a sharp angle. Neither feature appears in this shot

Plus – I’m not aware of Siskins being operated much outside the Home squadrons (happy to be corrected). The occupant of the rear is wearing a Pith helmet so presumably a middle east or India location?

3 Siskins IIIAs of 4 FTS were used in Egypt. I’m still going DH.9 too though 🙂

Any info on the guys in the photo, Adrian? They’re very similar in looks.

I’d go for Boeing BB-1 (Model 7) the smaller development of the B-1. External differences include different floats and more-pointed nose. First flew 7th January 1920 but never went into wider production.