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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
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Aircraft bomb sight and night light.
Technology
Maker: Unknown
GERMAN BOMBSIGHT, ADJUSTABLE, GRADUATED TO ALLOW FOR WIND AT ALL SPEEDS TO 70 KILOMETRES PER HOUR, AND FOR USE AT ANY HEIGHT UP TO 6000 METRES. FITTED WITH SMALL ELECTRIC LIGHT FOR NIGHT WORK.RELAWM03828
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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
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Aircraft Compass (France)
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Magnetic card compass which has probably been removed from an aeroplane. The bowl is attached by springs to a brass gimbal. The bowl is also made of brass and has been painted light grey, with the nam...REL/05023
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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
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Aircraft rigging turnbuckle
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Cylindrical turnbuckle 70 mm long, made from steel. Internal threads on both hollow ends. A raised central element is ribbed, such that the user may grip and turn the item.REL49175
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Aircraft wing fragments : Sergeant W E Brown, 20 Battalion AIF
Technology
Maker: Fokker
Wing fragments said to have been souvenired from the Fokker Dr.1 Triplane aircraft in which Baron Manfred Von Richthofen was shot down on 21 April 1918. The fragments are made from 2mm timber plank sa...RELAWM09123
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Albatros D.Va Scout Aircraft : Throttle
Technology
Maker: Albatros Flugzeugwerke GmbH
German aircraft throttle removed from crashed Albatros Scout at Rayak 1918. The throttle is made completely of metal, the various parts having been fabricated separately and joined together by means ...RELAWM12500
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Brass turnbuckle for wire bracing : Baron Manfred von Richthofen, Geschwader 1, German Air Service
Technology
Maker: Fokker
Brass Turnbuckle 3" long. The central portion is pierced by a through hole, into which a tommy rod would have been fitted to allow the turnbuckle to be tightened.REL/00932
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British aircraft fabric with painted national roundel.
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Piece of aircraft linen fabric (38 X 45-cm) recovered from a British aircraft "brought down before our trenches". The fabric is painted P.C.10 (khaki) and bears a painted blue/white/red roundel (40-cm...REL/01324
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British propeller - Sopwith Baby
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British First World War propeller, propeller hub, hardware and 130 hp Clerget rotary engine front plate. Blades are covered in grey/green painted linen. Marked on centre of propeller (side) 'G.182[??]...REL39889
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Control column : Baron M von Richthofen, Geschwader 1, German Air Service
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Control column from a Fokker Dr I aircraft, serial No 425/17. The head of the control column has been twisted / distorted to the right about forty-five degrees and slightly upward. It has at least two...RELAWM00704
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FABRIC - AEROPLANE
Technology
PIECE OF FABRIC (10 X 20- CM) AND INSCRIBED IN INK ON THE BACK; "AS PROMISED A PIECE OF AEROPLANE FABRIC FOR MA. THIS IS A FINE LINEN COVERED WITH BEST QUALITY CEULLON (SIC) DOPE. IT IS A PIECE OFF OU...REL/03115
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Four Colour German Lozenge camouflage aircraft fabric
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Maker: Unknown
Piece of pre-printed lozenge fabric from German aircraft. Lozenge fabric comprised pre-printed polygons that vary in size and are approximately 290 mm long and 150 mm wide. The polygons are irregular...REL/01323
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GENERATING PROPELLER : AIR FORCE 1914 - 1918 : GERMANY
Technology
Maker: Franz Reschke GmbH
Wooden Propeller (500 mm diameter with blades 110 mm wide at deepest part.) Used to drive generators on German aircraft by wind power. The generators powered the radio and heated flying suits where ap...REL/07037
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German Aircraft radiator data plate
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Metal data plate from a German aircraft. 62 x 46 mm in size black with raised lettering in the base metal of the plate. The number boxes are plain with the serials, etc., stamped thereon. The edges of...REL/11762
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German Benz Bz IV aircraft engine data plate
Technology
Maker: Mercedes - Daimler Motoren Gessellschaft
Thin stamped metal data plate 75 mm x 36 mm, from a Benz Bz IV aircraft in line engine. Plate has two holes in short sides to attach to engine. Black with raised type and stamped numbers on raised bas...REL/02824
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German pilot or observer's safety belt : Sapper Gaudzinski, 9 Field Company, Australian Engineers, AIF
Technology
Maker: Unknown
The belt is composed of five (5) elements. There are three fabric elements of coarse cotton webbing, joined by two spring elements. Consider that the belt runs from End A to End B – from the alloy loo...RELAWM00920
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LANDING SPRING - GERMAN AIRCRAFT
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LANDING SPRING OF A GERMAN AEROPLANE BROUGHT DOWN NEAR YPRES IN FEBRUARY, 1918. The object is a metal spring 290 mm long with an approx 60 mm diameter coil. The diameter of the steel rod that makeas ...RELAWM00661
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Letter written on fabric from German aircraft : Herbert Matthews
Technology
Maker: Fokker
Small piece of cream coloured German aircraft fabric, probably from a Fokker E III, on which is a written note in black ink by Herbert ('Bert') Matthews. The note reads: 'France 30.4.1916 Dear Bill Th...REL29843