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Wing Spar Fragment

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1915, London, Hangar Two, 78/C/944

Split oblong section of ash aircraft wing spar embedded with enemy bullet and held together with string. Written in ink pen is "Strut of Aeroplane, hit by enemy's bullet, Pilot-Capt. L da C. Penn-Gaskell Royal Flying Corps GREAT WAR 1915. Four small holes for metal fittings can be seen in the centre, two either side.

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Royal Flying Corps Type A Camera

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1915-1918, London, Hangar Two, 69/I/1320

This hand-held, glass plate camera was designed by the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and manufactured by the Thornton Pickard Camera Company for aerial photography.

Open-fronted wooden box about the size of a shoe box with brass and leather fittings, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Control Column

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1915, London, Hangar Two, 71/A/1122

Control column from B.E.2c biplane aircraft, with bullet damage at top of shaft just below where pilots' hand would have held it.

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20lb Cooper Bomb

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1916-1918, London, Hangar Two, 65/O/869

Sand coloured body with light green and red bands at nose, single suspension lug. Complete with tail, detonator tube and screw on/off nose cap (broken).

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Caudron G3

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1916-1937, London, Hangar Two, 72/A/1620

Popular, tough and reliable, the Caudron first flew in 1914.

Biplane with white canvas wings with large RAF roundel and wooden struts, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

L33 Commemorative Plaque

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1916, London, Hangar Two, 1998/0009/C

Local made bronze/brass? plaque lacquered with SEPT. 24th ZEPPELIN L33 1916 painted in black on the front. Riveted a now broken section of alloy structure from the airship, which itself has one rivet and a fragment of a connected section. the airship fragment is now broken into two.

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Fragment from Zeppelin L.15

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1916, London, Hangar Two, 68/C/722

Section of propeller blade from Zeppelin L.15, crashed 1 April 1916. Small alloy shield nailed to front with Zeppelin L.15 1.4.1916 engraved to it.

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Fragment from German Train

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1916, London, Hangar Two, 75/C/1210

Fragment of wood with letters in German "eitung abahn fe. ua." (Assumed name of railway) from the side of railway coach or wagon. The back has the incident written in ink. See Markings.

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Skin Fragment from Gotha Bomber

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1917, London, Hangar Two, 71/C/754

Small rectangular fragment of linen from Gotha G V bomber, showing stencilled serial number Go 674 in black ink.

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Propeller from Gotha Bomber

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1917, London, Hangar Two, 68/C/410

Single blade from 2BW propeller with brass flashing, from a German Gotha biplane bomber.

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