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COW Gun, 1½ lb, Mk III

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918-1965, London, Hangar Three/Four, 65/O/1108

The Coventry Ordnance Works, (COW) Quick Firing, 1½ Pounder, gun was an automatic cannon which was tested in various airframes form the First World War, to the 1930s. It was finally adopted as the armament for the Blackburn Perth flying boat which saw squadron service between 1934 and 1936.

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112lb, Royal Laboratory, Mk. 7

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918-1965, London, Hangar Three/Four, 65/O/890

The steel-cased 112lb Royal Laboratory high explosive bomb entered RAF service mid-way through the First World War.

Cream coloured bomb with side cutaway to show interior, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAFM/Iain Duncan

Aircraft Fabric Fragment, Fokker Dr1425/17

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918, London, Hangar One, 85/A/1294

Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) was the most successful Ace of the First World War with 80 aerial victories.

Rectangular strip of black fabric, mounted on cream card with a black frame and typed inscription, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Translation of message dropped by German air force to RAF in Middle East relating to prisoners, 1918

Archives, JAN 1918, In Storage, A24

Leutnants Walter Hauck and Ludwig Haugg were shot down by Second Lieutenant A. Lloyd Fleming of No.111 Squadron on 2 January 1918 over Ramleh in modern day Israel.

Translation of message dropped by German air force to RAF in Middle East relating to prisoners, 1918 | A24

Certificate of discharge from the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve issued to OS Thomas Madoc Jones, for the purpose of entry into the RAF, 8 May 1918

Archives, 1918, In Storage, A38

Thomas Madoc Jones joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve Division in 1917 and transferred to the RAF where he began pilot training.

Certificate of discharge from the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve issued to OS Thomas Madoc Jones, for the purpose of entry into the RAF, 8 May 1918 | A38

Avro 504K

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918-1966, London, Hangar Two, 74/A/26

One of the most famous aircraft of all time, the original Avro 504 appeared in 1913. 504s equipped five night-fighter squadrons.

Biplane with grey body and white wings with wooden struts, © RAF Museum

Medical Officer’s Collar Badge 1918 Pattern

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918-1933, London, Hangar Three/Four, 66/U/1139

Medical officers in the RAF can be distinguished by their collar badges depicting the Caduceus of Mercury or, in this example, the Rod of Asclepius.

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Other Ranks' WRAF Cap Badge, Ptn 1918

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918-1920, London, Hangar Two, 72/U/1302

On a patch of melton cut to shape, an embroidered crown, slightly padded to give relief, above a circular padded velvet cushion encircled by two rings and embroidered with an eagle. The whole design worked in white thread.

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Motorcycle, 3.5 h.p.

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918, London, Hangar Two, 1995/0085/V

497cc Single cylinder side valve motorcycle; chain driven with friction damper leading link front forks.

vintage motorcycle, green paint, Royal Air Force Museum

Horseshoe

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1919, 1993/0672/C

Carried on Alcock and Brown transatlantic flight 1919. Presented to RAFM by BAC Weybridge in 1974.

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