C5001 was owned by Harry Butler, who painted it red and named it Red Devil. He used it for racing and also had an Avro 504K for joy flights. C5001 became G-AUCH in 1921. After Butler was badly injured in the crash of the Avro in 1922, the Bristol was cancelled and then stored following his death in 1923. C5001 returned to the register as VH-UQI in 1930 with a Gipsy engine in place of the Le Rhone rotary. Now preserved at Harry Butler Memorial, Minlaton, South Australia, in its 1919 markings and a Le Rhone engine fitted. Photo from: State Library of South Australia
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