Joining the Western League in time for the final season of football before World War II, Bristol Aeroplane Company F.C. had a successful season, finishing as runners-up to champions Trowbridge Town. After the war they fared less well, gradually dropping down the top division before finishing bottom and being relegated to Division Two in 1947–48. Life in Division Two was equally tough, with the club finishing third bottom and second bottom in the final two seasons before leaving the league at the end of the 1949–50 season.[1]
The club fielded a reserve side in Division Two of the Western League for two seasons, the second season being particularly unsuccessful. When the first team was relegated, the reserves were dropped.
Bristol Aeroplane Company F.C.'s six seasons of Western League football are listed below.[1]
| Season | Division | Position | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
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| 1939–40 | Western League | 2 of 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 78 | 33 | 30 |
| 1945–46 | Western League | 9 of 14 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 62 | 81 | 24 |
| 1946–47 | Western League, Division One | 11 of 18 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 72 | 87 | 27 |
| 1947–48 | Western League, Division One | 18 of 18 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 56 | 165 | 9 |
| 1948–49 | Western League, Division Two | 16 of 18 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 74 | 109 | 23 |
| 1949–50 | Western League, Division Two | 17 of 18 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 43 | 138 | 12 |
| Season | Division | Position | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
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| 1946–47 | Western League, Division Two | 10 of 13 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 50 | 76 | 15 |
| 1947–48 | Western League, Division Two | 18 of 18 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 48 | 157 | 5 |