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  1. AB 70-1 cluster bomb container (Germany)

    Technology

    Abwurfbehalter AB 70-1 Cluster Bomb container. This would have contained either fifty x SD 1 Splitterbomben, twenty three x SD 2 Stor Splitterbomben, or three Mark S Seemarkierungskorper (sea marker ...

    RELAWM35281.002

  2. AB 500 cluster bomb container: Luftwaffe

    Technology

    Maker: Unknown

    Abwurfbehalter AB 500 cluster bomb container. Container divided along its longitudinal axis into two halves hinged at the tail. The nose contains the fuze assembly, the central compartment contains t...

    RELAWM35297

  3. Aircraft Alternator warning plate : Germany

    Technology

    Maker: Unknown

    Instruction plate from a German aircraft shot down during the 1914-1918 war The plate is 85 x 35 x 1 mm thick, and bears the inscription: "WECHSELSTROM- MASCHINE NUR MITLAUFEN LASSEN BEI STROM- ENTNAH...

    REL/01336

  4. Aircraft Bomb Sight (Germany)

    Technology

    Maker: Unknown

    German aircraft bomb sight removed from the first German two seater to be shot down in British lines, Palestine 1917. The instrument comprises two triangles with their peaks truncated, the smaller bei...

    RELAWM12494

  5. AIRCRAFT FABRIC: GERMANY

    Technology

    Maker: Unknown

    SMALL RECTANGLE OF LINEN FABRIC, 8 BY 5.5 CM, BEARING ON ONE SIDE THE REMAINS OF BLACK LACQUER, AND ON THE OTHER THE WORDS 'WINGS OF HUN AEROPLANE N. FRANCE 23/6/1917 MAC'. The piece was originally d...

    REL/09335

  6. Aircraft inclinometer

    Technology

    Aircraft instrument used to give the fore and aft levels of the machine. The instrument is circular in shape, the outer support ring being 105 mm in diameter. The instrument case rises approx. 15 mm ...

    RELAWM08131.002

  7. Allied victory

    Film

    Maker: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc

    An Encyclopaedia Britannica educational film covering the history of the Second World War commencing with the entry of the United States in December 1941. Introduction on camera by Louis L. Snyder, Ph...

    F03324

  8. An artist's impression of a German Air Force aircraft being shot down by Royal Air Force ...

    Photograph

    An artist's impression of a German Air Force aircraft being shot down by Royal Air Force aircraft. (Purchased from the British Air Ministry as negative PPG 265)

    H12012

  9. Antwerpen gebombardeerd door een zepplin: in der nacht van 24-25 Aug. 1914...

    Art

    Maker: Seghers, William

    Lithographic print commemorating a night time raid by a German Zepplin on Antwerp, Belgium on 23-24 August 1914. A large airship is depicted dropping bombs onto a market square as citizens flee. The i...

    ARTV04868

  10. AWM54 423/4/103 PART 91 - [Intelligence - Captured Documents and Translations:] Axis Operations in the Mediterranean, 5 April - 13 April 1941, Situation reports issued by Luftwaffe Fuhrungsstab IC

    Digitised Collection

    AWM2017.8.292

  11. AWM54 423/4/103 PART 90 - [Intelligence - Captured Documents and Translations:] Axis Operations in the Mediterranean, 20 April - 27 April 1941, Situation reports issued by Luftwaffe Fuhrungsstab IC

    Digitised Collection

    AWM2017.8.286

  12. AWM54 423/4/103 Part 92 - [Intelligence - Captured Documents and Translations:] Axis Operations in the Mediterranean, 13th - 20th April 1941, Situation reports issued by Luftwaffe Fuhrungsstab IC

    Digitised Collection

    AWM2017.8.293

  13. Battery box : Messerschmitt Me 262-A2 Fighter Aircraft

    Technology

    Maker: Unknown

    Me262 battery box. Stamped on the side with the following: Baumuster: ZBK 241/I Gerat Nr: 18 - 333 Andorderz: FI.50867 Werk Nr: 81823 Hersteller: hdp

    REL/08385.011

  14. B1 E1 Incendiary Bomb : Luftwaffe

    Technology

    Maker: Rheinmetall AG

    Luftwaffe Brandbomb 1kg Elektron 1 incendiary bomb. Length 350mm. The body of the bomb is an Elektron-magnesium alloy tube 50mm in diameter. The bomb terminates with a cruciform thin sheet metal tail,...

    REL/16452

  15. Bieniasch, Alfred (Luftwaffe)

    Private Record

    Maker: Luftwaffe

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of 628681 (985) Alfred Bieniasch, Luftwaffe, Germany, 1941-1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one service document of Alfred Bieniasch, in German la...

    PR04989

  16. Bridgeman, Stanley (Sergeant, 463 Squadron, RAAF)

    Private Record

    Maker: Bridgeman, Stanley

    COPIES OF 463 SQN OPERATIONAL PROGRAM AND UNIDENTIFIED GERMAN PAPER RELATED TO 6 DEC 1944 RAIDS, AND A LETTER FROM FRITZ RUMPELHARDT RELATED TO THE SHOOTING DOWN OF SGT BRIDGMAN'S LANCASTER BY A NIGHT...

    PR83/139

  17. Bridge near Pharsala

    Art

    Maker: Dargie, William

    This bridge, which was on the mainline of withdrawal of the ANZAC Corps, was the scene of much congestion of traffic during the withdrawal. The German Air Force attempted to bomb the bridge, missed it...

    ART23995

  18. Cap badge : Luftwaffe Other Ranks eagle

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Luftwaffe Other Ranks Cap Eagle. A flying eagle, facing right, clutching a swastika. Originally four pins at the rear but only one remaining.

    REL/12017.030

  19. Cap badge : Luftwaffe tropical forage cap roundel

    Heraldry

    Maker: Unknown

    Luftwaffe tropical forage cap roundel. Embroidered red, white and black roundel on a white background.

    REL/12017.035

  20. Clarke, John 'Jock' Edward Rea (Major, b.1916 - d.2002)

    Private Record

    Maker: Clarke, John 'Jock' Edward Rea

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of QX6245 Major John 'Jock' Edward Rea Clarke OBE, Australian Army Dental Corps, Libya, Egypt and Netherlands East Indies, 1940-1942. Collection co...

    AWM2017.301.1

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