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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

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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Sopwith Pup

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1916-1918, Cosford, Hangar Two, 82/A/1067

The Pup, thought of by its pilots as the perfect flying machine, was used extensively by the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps both at home and abroad. The first Pups reached the Western Front in the autumn of 1916 allowing the enthusiastic British pilots to maintain their hard won domination until mid-1917 when newer German aircraft redressed the balance.

Bi-plane fighter with light undersides and darker green camouflage above, © RAF Museum / Iain Duncan / (c) RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

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

Pilot's flying log book of Captain Reginald Faithful Palmer, 25 December 1916-16 July 1919

Archives, 25 DEC 1916-16 JUL 1919, In Storage, B3173

Leather bound flying log book.

Pilot's flying log book, Crown

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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Pilot's flying log book of Second Lieutenant Maurice Alfred Kay, 8 September 1916-29 April 1917

Archives, 08 SEP 1916-29 APR 1917, In Storage, B1705

Alfred Kay on completing his flying training served as an instructor in the UK before being posted to No.56 Squadron in France in the spring of 1917.

Pilot's flying log book of Second Lieutenant Maurice Alfred Kay, 8 September 1916-29 April 1917 | B1705, Royal Air Force Museum

Military Cross of Lieutenant Harold (Harry) Jameson

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1916, In Storage, 72/D/706

Harold (Harry) Jameson joined the RFC as a Direct Entrant in February 1914. He embarked for France as an Air Mechanic 2nd Class in August, being promoted Air Mechanic 1st Class in September. Whilst serving with 4 Squadron he was awarded the Medaille Militaire 'For Gallantry' during the period 21-30 August 1914. He trained as a pilot in 1916 before returning to France and joining No. 42 Squadron. Jameson was awarded the Military Cross on 18 November 1916.

Silver cross hanging from a silver bar on a ribbon, Royal Air Force Museum

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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