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Restored BSA airborne bicycle being ridden in May 2002 by Michael DesMazes at Living History Encampment at Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site near Victoria, British Columbia, CANADA. Note the Airborne Sten Mk. V.

BSA Colin's with Colin at Fort Rodd Hill & 1944 turret 1999 May.jpg (225558 bytes)

Colin Stevens with one of his BSA airborne bicycles and a military encampment (living history) at Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site. c. 1999. In front of a 1944 Twin-6 pounder gun turret.

SURVIVING BSA AIRBORNE BICYCLES

1. Photo Gallery

2. Table of surviving BSA airborne bicycles

3. Where can you find a BSA airborne bicycle?

To send data, corrections, updates, new discoveries etc., contact Colin Stevens at seaforth72 (at) gmail.com

1. PHOTO GALLERY OF SOME SURVIVING BSA AIRBORNE BICYCLES


Mike Bilski's BSA as found in New York, NY, USA.	R12463 - Colin Stevens' first BSA as found in Victoria, BC, Canada. Now owned by Steve MacKenzie.


R22889 Henk Joore's BSA as found on left, and restored on right. In Holland.	BSA as found condition after wheels removed. Dan Jahn, Maple Ridge, BC, Canada.

2. Table of Surviving BSA Airborne Bicycles (those known to me)

For corrections and updates to this list, please contact me at:

seaforth72 (at) gmail.com

Thank you to those who have sent in serial numbers. I have quite a few to add to the list w\hen time permits.


Serial No#	First Name	Last Name	Prov/St	Country
R???70	Richard	Tait
R923	?	?		Netherlands?
R1031	Jim	Berger	Aukland	NZ
R1179	Nigel	Silver	Derbyshire	England
R1228	John	Neuenburg	CA	USA
R3493	Gail	Lewis	BC	Canada
R5381	John	Neuenburg	CA	USA
R6599	Zeke	Cullen	Mass	USA
R7133	?	?		UK?
R7447	?	?		USA
R8348	Allan	Franklin	CA	USA
R9945	Luca	Bernardini		Italy
R11098		Ashton Garrison Museum	BC	Canada
R12463	Steve	MacKenzie	BC	Canada
R14015	Sean	Lanktree	MB	Canada
R14045	C. Th.	Verschure	Noord Holland	Netherlands
R16956	Mike & Brent	Hamer		Netherlands
R17378	Dan	Jahn	BC	Canada
R17770		Canadian Museum of Flight	BC	Canada
R17807		Canadian Military Engineers Museum	NB	Canada
R17964	Brian	Asbury	ON	Canada
R18353	Mike & Brent	Hamer		Netherlands
R20802	Philip	Eckman	VA	USA
R22671	Bill	King	CA	USA
R22763	John	Bradshaw	Warwickshire	UK
R22889	Henk	Joore		Netherlands
R22909	Michel	van Alphen		Holland
R24603	Debbie	Strassel		USA ?
R25313	K. Ross & L.	Hopkins		NZ
R25347	Colin	Stevens	BC	Canada
R25796		15 Field Regiment Museum, Royal Canadian Artillery	BC	Canada
R25877	Brian	Asbury	ON	Canada
R26356	Peter	Miller		USA?
R26816	Ed	Storey	ON	Canada
R27321	Wayne	Penhalagan	AB	Canada
R27336	Henk	Makkinga		Netherlands
R28087	C. Th.	Verschure	Noord Holland	Netherlands
R28399	Erwin	Wiesenfeld		Netherlands
R29993	Matt	Dorn		USA
R30295	Lawrence	Flint	PA	USA
R30741		?		USA
R31824	Contact: Archie Millar	Saanich Historical Artifacts Society	BC	Canada
R31985	Adrian	Hardgrave	Warwickshire	England
R32021	Richard	Tait
R32320	Erwin	Wiesenfeld		Netherlands
R32388	Frank	Jost	NH	USA
R32405	Colin	Stevens	BC	Canada
R33127	Remy	Harmsen		Holland
R33738	Daniel	Salcedo	CA	USA
R36442?	?	?
R36903		Tank Museum	VA	USA
R37618	Elizabeth	Young	CA	USA
R38261	Ruud	Folman	Zwolle	Holland
R38737	Daniel	Dewar		Australia
R38964		Tank Museum	VA	USA
R39502	Jerry	Cleveland		USA
R40538	Bram	vd Meij		Holland
R40582	Donald	Wardlaw
R40782	Wayne	Penhalagan	AB	Canada
R42364	Brian	Asbury	ON	Canada
R42596	Mike & Brent	Hamer		Netherlands
R43007?	Allan	Franklin	CA	USA
R43066	Frank	Doran	VA	USA
R43284	Tim	Dawson		England
R43737	Michel	van Alphen		Holland
R44655		?		UK?
R45895	Daniel	Salcedo	CA	USA
R46501	Wayne	Penhalagan	AB	Canada
R47096	Steve	Knox	NC	USA
R47124	Mike	Bilski	NY	USA
R48431	Bill	?		USA?
R49099	Bruce	Hafner	IL	USA
R49427	Adrian	Hardgrave	Warwickshire	England
R50222	Brennon	Magee	TX	USA
R51118	David	Gordon	TX	USA
R52014	Daniel	Salcedo	CA	USA
R52959	Boris	Stefanovic	ON	Canada
R54444	Matthew	Picciotto
R55163	Merlin	Hanson ? (Was David Farnham's)	MD	USA
R57055	Alistair	Taylor		Scotland
R57631	Brian	Asbury	ON	Canada
R57789?	John	Hedgepeth	NC	USA
R58076	K. Ross & L.	Hopkins		NZ
R59563	Craig	Johnson	WA	USA
R59713	Gary	Treadwell	Conn	USA
R61888	Dale	Aylward	FL	USA
R62432	Wayne	Penhalagan	AB	Canada
R62787	Andrew	Beute	The Hague	Holland
R62836	Mike & Brent	Hamer		Netherlands
R73380	?	?		Netherlands
R77527	John	Neuenburg	CA	USA
?	Gordon	Bartow	CA	USA
?	Gordon	Bartow	CA	USA
?		?	BC	Canada
?	Nell	B_____ (confidential)	BC	Canada
?		?	WA?	USA
?	Ernie	Baals	NJ	USA
?		Canadian War Museum	ON	Canada
?		Cap's Cycle Museum	BC	Canada
?	Frank A.	Donnely	CA	USA
?	David	Foy	Hertfordshire	UK
?	Jonathan	Henken	NY	USA
?	Garry	Howard	Surrey	UK
?	Garry	Howard	Surrey	UK
?	W. A.	Purchase	Suffolk	UK
?	Keith	Thomas	Norfolk	UK
?	Gianluigi	Usai		Italy
?	G. J.	Hancock	East Yorks	UK
?	Tim	Price		UK
?	Gordon	Cumming	AB	Canada
?		Canadian War Museum	ON	Canada
?		Canberra Bicycle Museum		Australia
?	Bob	Brown	ON	Canada
?	Alain	Fine		France
?	Tim	Glance	NC	USA
?	Wayne	Penhaglen	AB	Canada
?		Cobbaton Collection	Devon	England
?		Imperial Palace Auto Collection	NV	USA
?	Howard	Boyd	NH	USA
?	Howard	Boyd	NH	USA
?	Peter	Skelton		UK
?	Peter	Skelton		UK
?	Peter	Skelton		UK
?	Peter	Skelton		UK
?	Peter	Skelton		UK
?	Peter	Skelton		UK
?	Jonathan	Lewis		?
?	Gary	Rubel	PA	USA
?	Jim	Diamond	NJ	USA
?		Fort Garry Horse Museum and Archives	MB	Canada
?	Dennis	Deck	CA	USA
?	David "Spence"	Spencer	PA	USA
?	Brent	McCunn		Australia
?	Knox	Adams		USA
?		Canadian Airborne Forces Museum	ON	Canada
?	Philip	Ross		?
?	John?	Gray?		USA?
?	Hormazd	Mistry		India
?	David	Toppin	Maine	USA
3G442 ?	Dirk	Leegwater	Noord Holland	Netherlands
?	Mosey	Eames

3. Where can you find a BSA airborne bicycle?

Many have been found in the United Kingdom of course, Western Canada, and the USA. Denmark sold a bunch off surplus about 2001.

A fair number were sold surplus in Western Canada by the Bay and by Capital Iron (surplus store). They sold for about $4 to $10 each. It has been reported that quite a few were repainted red and sold in the San Francisco area.

The best advice is to tell people what you are looking for. Check with bike stores, papers that sell bikes etc. The goal is to find one and buy it from the original owners, rather than from a militaria dealer. This way you will learn some of its history and also hopefully not have to pay as much.

I found one through a gun show contact, several in museums (not for sale), one in a bike shop (not for sale), two through a motorcycle collector, several through a friends of the families who owned them, several through eBay, and several from people seeing my web site and contacting me.

A local friend who was displaying his BSA M-20 motorcycle was asked by a farmer if he would like a BSA army bicycle to go with the motorcycle. Naturally he said yes, and the farmer gave it to him! It is rusty from outdoor storage, but it is the real thing.

SURVIVING BSA AIRBORNE BICYCLES

1. Photo Gallery

2. Table of surviving BSA airborne bicycles

3. Where can you find a BSA airborne bicycle?

To send data, corrections, updates, new discoveries etc., contact Colin Stevens at seaforth72 (at) gmail.com

1. PHOTO GALLERY OF SOME SURVIVING BSA AIRBORNE BICYCLES

2. Table of Surviving BSA Airborne Bicycles (those known to me)

For corrections and updates to this list, please contact me at:

seaforth72 (at) gmail.com

3. Where can you find a BSA airborne bicycle?

Many have been found in the United Kingdom of course, Western Canada, and the USA. Denmark sold a bunch off surplus about 2001.

A fair number were sold surplus in Western Canada by the Bay and by Capital Iron (surplus store). They sold for about $4 to $10 each. It has been reported that quite a few were repainted red and sold in the San Francisco area.

The best advice is to tell people what you are looking for. Check with bike stores, papers that sell bikes etc. The goal is to find one and buy it from the original owners, rather than from a militaria dealer. This way you will learn some of its history and also hopefully not have to pay as much.

I found one through a gun show contact, several in museums (not for sale), one in a bike shop (not for sale), two through a motorcycle collector, several through a friends of the families who owned them, several through eBay, and several from people seeing my web site and contacting me.

A local friend who was displaying his BSA M-20 motorcycle was asked by a farmer if he would like a BSA army bicycle to go with the motorcycle. Naturally he said yes, and the farmer gave it to him! It is rusty from outdoor storage, but it is the real thing.

Copyright © Colin Stevens Updated: August 24, 2008
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SURVIVING BSA AIRBORNE BICYCLES

1. Photo Gallery

2. Table of surviving BSA airborne bicycles

3. Where can you find a BSA airborne bicycle?

To send data, corrections, updates, new discoveries etc., contact Colin Stevens at seaforth72 (at) gmail.com

1. PHOTO GALLERY OF SOME SURVIVING BSA AIRBORNE BICYCLES

2. Table of Surviving BSA Airborne Bicycles (those known to me)

For corrections and updates to this list, please contact me at:

seaforth72 (at) gmail.com

3. Where can you find a BSA airborne bicycle?

Many have been found in the United Kingdom of course, Western Canada, and the USA. Denmark sold a bunch off surplus about 2001.

A fair number were sold surplus in Western Canada by the Bay and by Capital Iron (surplus store). They sold for about $4 to $10 each. It has been reported that quite a few were repainted red and sold in the San Francisco area.

The best advice is to tell people what you are looking for. Check with bike stores, papers that sell bikes etc. The goal is to find one and buy it from the original owners, rather than from a militaria dealer. This way you will learn some of its history and also hopefully not have to pay as much.

I found one through a gun show contact, several in museums (not for sale), one in a bike shop (not for sale), two through a motorcycle collector, several through a friends of the families who owned them, several through eBay, and several from people seeing my web site and contacting me.

A local friend who was displaying his BSA M-20 motorcycle was asked by a farmer if he would like a BSA army bicycle to go with the motorcycle. Naturally he said yes, and the farmer gave it to him! It is rusty from outdoor storage, but it is the real thing.

Copyright © Colin Stevens Updated: August 24, 2008 [ Back ] [ Home ] [ Up ] [ BSA Restoring ]

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Copyright © Colin Stevens Updated: August 24, 2008
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