Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1996-04 / Picture pages

The Beardmore W.B.I was the Scottish ship-builders and engineering works' first essay into aeroplanes of its own design. Having a licence to build D.F.W. biplanes, Beardmore undertook construction of B.E.2Cs before getting G.Tilghman Richards to begin work on its own designs. The W.B.I was built as a two-seat bomber powered by one of Beardmore's own Adriatic engines in 1915. It remained a prototype and is seen in a field at Dalmuir.