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Type CLE Mk. 3 Supply-dropping Container

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1945, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1987/0026/S

Grey painted steel hinged container with 2 latches and parachute compartment. Fitted with suspension mount.

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Walter 109-500A-1

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1987/0083/E

Liquid-fuelled rocket assisted take-off unit, jettisoned from aircraft and reusable. Egg-shaped pod with tubular metal frame on top to attach to aircraft. Perspex panel on one side shows motor; funnel shaped combustion chamber exhaust exits from right.

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Walter 109-739

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1943-1945, Cosford, Hangar Three, X002-6669

Rocket motor as fitted to the German Enzian surface-to-air missile of the Second World War.

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de Havilland Ghost 50

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1950-Circa 1960, Cosford, Hangar Three, 65/E/1100

The Ghost was the second jet engine to be produced by de Haviland, and was a scaled up version of the earlier Goblin. Ghosts equipped aircraft types including the de Havilland Vampire and Comet.

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De Havilland Goblin 35

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1945, Cosford, Hangar Three, 69/E/905

The Goblin engine, designed by Frank Halford, and the first jet engine to be produced by de Havilland. Goblins equipped some variants of the Gloster Meteor as well as the de Havilland Vampire.

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Rolls-Royce Merlin XII

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940-1968, Cosford, Hangar Three, 68/E/883

Rolls Royce Merlins were one of the truly outstanding engines of the Second World War. They powered fighters like Spitfires and Hurricanes and bombers such as Lancasters and Halifaxes.

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Rolls-Royce Gnome 102

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1965, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1994/1388/E

Turboshaft, gas producer section comprising axial compressor, annular combustor, two-stage turbine; power section free turbine and power outlet.

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Wasserfall Missile

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, X002-9015

Black and white painted wood, aluminium and steel quarter scale model used to check the aerodynamic performance of the Wasserfall design.

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Henschel Hs 117 Schmetterling

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 85/O/165

Liquid fuelled radio controlled surface-to-air missile.

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Henschel Hs 298

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 85/O/160

German air-launched radio controlled air-to-air missile of the Second World War, with solid fuel rocket motor.

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