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Hucks Starter

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1915, 1995/0050/V

Most aircraft engines had to be started by swinging the propeller by hand until Captain Bentfield Hucks invented the Hucks Starter just after the First World War. It could start engines more quickly and with less risk of accidents.

Open top four wheeled vehicle with long raised shaft projecting from the front, RAF Museum

Armstrong Whitworth Turret Type A.W.38

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1938-1945, London, Hangar Three/Four, 78/O/1429

Standard A.W.38 gun turret cupola as fitted to Anson 1 aircraft; mounted on cylindrical steel base for mounting on marine craft for anti-aircraft defence. Manually operated by gunner's foot pressure on the floor.

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Fordson Model N Tractor

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1939, London, Hangar Five, X003-2265

The Fordson agricultural tractor was introduced into RAF service during the 1930s when the increasing size and weight of aircraft often required mechanical assistance to move them.

Fordson Model N Tractor | X003-2265, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Hillman Minx Staff Car

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1944-JUN 2007, London, Hangar Three/Four, X004-1387

Ex-RAF twin-axled 1000cc/4-cylinder, 9-cwt petrol-engined Staff Car; four-door, four-seat saloon with projecting rear boot, complete and in working order.

Image pending

Diary of Zeppelin raids in 1916

Archives, In Storage, X003-0322

Personal diary kept by Nell Tyrrell on the Zeppelin raids experienced in 1916.

open page inside a school excercise book with blue joined up writing on the lefthand page and a photograph of a man in uniform on the right page, RAF Museum/Nell Tyrrell