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Crank Pliers (Pg1 Misc)
Here is a set of crank
pliers by Aircraft Materials Ltd. Dated 1937
612
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Aerial Camera
magazine (Pg1 Misc)
Here is a film magazine
made by L. Adams Ltd London. Used in recon cameras.
Air Ministry marked
14A/730
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Shute target rocket glider (Pg 1 Misc)
A rare World War II rocket propelled target
glider designed by Nevil Shute (1899-1960), built by
International Model Aircraft (IMA), 43ins long x 45ins span
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It was previously owned by a chap who had it as a child and
did some dubious artwork I believe the base colour is
original it also has some damage to one wing but this should
be repairable to anyone with some modelling skills.
Nevil Shute, an English-Australian novelist was an
experienced aeronautical engineer. During World War II he
was commissioned into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve,
becoming head of engineering within the directorate of
miscellaneous weapons development.
During this period Shute designed the rocket
propelled gunnery practice Target Glider.
He also oversaw the Swallow Glider which was
a Barnes Wallis proposed, clockwork-controlled smoke laying
glider. The Swallow was to be launched from an LCT (Landing
Craft Tanks) at the invasion beaches. International Model
Aircraft who also made Frog models built both gliders.
They were launched from the catapult and
powered by a 1" rocket. Wrens were trained to set up and
fire these gliders.
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RAF Photoflash control Mk I (Pg 1 Misc)
This is an operators
control for distributor photoflash Mk I .
Ref A/M 5D/1559 Serial no 306
The photoflash was to allow the intelligence officers to
establish where the aircrafts bombs made contact with the
ground.
During WWII the flash was released on a time delay with the
bombs.
This gadget really has me scratching my head, all the
switches, push buttons and switch covers including the push
release button are wartime also the reference number 5D is
an Air ministry reference for "Aircraft armament electrical
stores" However I have never seen one of these, it appears
to have a service date of 1962 however this is not unusual
as spares from the war were often held for decades. I have
seen plenty of wartime parts with later post war service
dates.
I haven't seen one of these in a Lancaster or other heavy
bomber and to my knowledge the flares were released
automatically with the bombs in fact I have never seen one
before. The 5D reference is not particularly high and this
unit is a MK I so presumably the first of its kind.
The push buttons , switch covers and switches have a good
deal of value but to strip this for parts would be to my
mind be a bit of a crime.
The only educated guess I have is that this was used in some
sort of recognisance aircraft. The camera selection K 19 and
K 24 were both wartime cameras designed and built by
Fairchild. The K-19 was a night time camera I'm 95% sure
this is a wartime peace but would love to find out what it
was fitted to so if you have any information please
contact me.
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Williamson F117B Aerial Camera (Pg1 Misc)
Here
is a A Williamson F117B RAF Aerial Camera British made
camera used by the coastal command for low-level
monitoring of shipping. This camera is in nice original
condition please study the enlarged pictures.
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British WW2 RAF F24 Aerial Camera (Pg1 Misc)
The F24 camera is a 1920s British camera used for aerial
reconnaissance by British and Allied armed forces into the
mid-1950s. This is a Wartime version as it carries the air
ministry
crown.
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The outline design of the F24 camera was carried out by the
Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, and it was
introduced in 1925. Detailed design, and most production,
was by Williamson Manufacturing Company Ltd of Willesden
Green, London NW.10.
The F24 was designed to be lighter and smaller than the F8
camera of 1919, but the F8 continued to be used in less
demanding installations. The main component units of the F24
are a body with roller blind focal plane shutter, gearbox,
film magazine, and lens cone.
Image
film format is 5"×5", on 5" wide roll film, with magazine
capacity up to 250 exposures (the F8 offered images up to
8"×7.5" on 9" wide film). Shutter speed is preset between
1/100s and 1/1000s.
During the Second World War, the F24 was installed in
aircraft types including; Avenger, Blenheim, Catalina,
Corsair, Halifax, Hellcat, Hudson, Hurricane, Lancaster,
Liberator, Lysander, Maryland, Mitchell, Mosquito, Mustang,
Spitfire, Stinson, Stirling, Sunderland, Wellington.
The controller
for this camera is listed in controls please follow this
link to find it.
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Camera film
cartridge (pg1 Misc)
A cartridge for a PRU camera boxed.
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George VI Type S.A.2 Fire Extinguisher (pg1 misc)
Here we have a Fire Extinguisher with the
King George VI Royal Cypher
This is a
Type S.A.2 manufactured by Mather and Platt
This is
Unusual as Extinguisher is Written as Extincteur (Which is
French for Extinguisher) however the rest of the Label is
Written in English
This is a
Nice Piece with a Brass Top and Dated 1942
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De Havilland
Mosquito Drinking Water Tank (pg 1 Misc)
Mosquito's
were widely used by the RAF
Pathfinder Force, marking targets for the main night-time strategic
bombing force, as
well as flying "nuisance raids" in which Mosquito's often
dropped 4,000 lb "Cookies". Despite an initially high loss
rate, the Mosquito ended the war with the lowest losses of
any aircraft in RAF
Bomber Command service.
Post war, the RAF found that when finally applied to
bombing, in terms of useful damage done, the Mosquito had
proved 4.95 times cheaper than the Lancaster
Here we
have a 3 Gallon Drinking Water Tank from a DeHavilland
Mosquito
This is
is a nice piece in good condition with the Filler Cap and
the Original Tap
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Field Telephone Set "F" Mk.II
(pg1 misc)
Here we have a Field Telephone Set "F"
Mk.II
The Telephone Set F was a portable instrument
for army communication. It was not normally used forward of
divisional headquarters. It provided the following
facilities:
The telephone gave visual indication of a
call to Switchboards UC (Universal Call) Pre war players cigarette
cards national Flags (pg2 misc)tte
cards national Flags (pg2 misc)y magneto
generator. Visual indication of a call to Switchboards
Central Battery Signalling (CBS) was given by removal of the
handset from the cradle. Maximum range was 14-16 miles using
D8 twisted cable or 8-10 miles using D3 cable. However, poor
cable, or wet conditions tended to reduce the range, as did
poor earth when using the set with an earth return. It was
powered by two dry ‘X’ Cells or two wet ‘S’ Cells (both
types being 1.5V cells).
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Type C Warning
horn (pg1 misc)
Here we have a Type C warning horn for the undercarriage
It was used on Spitfires,
Wellington's as well as other RAF Aircraft
This Carries the Reference Number 5C/1961
and is in a Very Good Condition
This horn appears to the left of the
pilots head, in a Wellington bomber during the film about
617 Sdr "The Dambuster's". You can make it out to the right of the actor playing
Barnes Wallis
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Trench Art Brass
Book ends (pg1 misc)
Brass book end trench art.
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below the mould number cast into the plate
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Battle of Britain class Steam locomotive Spitfire name plate (pg1 Misc)
This is quite an amazing
piece only two originals exist one is in the York railway
Museum and the other was presented to the RAF after the
steam locomotive was broken up. This plate has been re cast
from the original mould this can be ascertained by the
casting number on the back of the plate. This was made by a
small local foundry and not massed produced. After the was
there was a surplus of gun metal and this was used to make
the name plates of theses engines, this one is also made of
gun metal and is identical in all respects to the original.
Dimensions weight and colour. There was only one locomotive
called Spitfire. My understanding is that this was made as a
one off for a private collector who managed to purchase the
original mould .
The SR West Country and Battle of Britain
classes, collectively known as Light
Pacifics were designed
for the Southern Railway. Incorporating a number
of new developments in British steam locomotive
technology, they were amongst the first British
designs to use welding in the construction
process, and to use steel fireboxes, which meant
that components could be more easily constructed
under wartime austerity and post-war economy.
Shown above
the Battle of Britain class Spitfire, this is a
model I could not find any surviving original
pictures of this loco. Click on the picture to
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They were designed to be lighter in weight
than their sister locomotives, the Merchant Navy
class to permit use on a wider variety of
routes, including in the south-west of England
and the Kent coast. They were a mixed traffic
design, being equally adept at hauling passenger
and freight trains, and were used on all types
of services, frequently far below their
capabilities. A total of 110 locomotives were
constructed between 1945 and 1950, named after
West Country resorts or Royal Air Force (RAF)
and other subjects associated with the Battle of
Britain.
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Stirrup Hand-pump had a 30 feet
range could be used by
fire-guards at a safe distance from heat and fire. A jet of
water could be fired from 30 feet or as a spray at 15 feet.
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Wartime Stirrup
Pump (pg1 Misc)
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National Fire
Service Helmet 1 (pg1 Misc)
The National Fire Service (NFS) was
the single fire service created in Great Britain in 1941
during the Second World War
It
was divided into about forty Fire Forces. These were
subdivided into Divisions. Each Division had two Columns and
each Column had five Companies.
The NFS was created
in August 1941 by the amalgamation of the wartime national
Auxiliary Fire Service and the local authority fire brigades
(about 1,600 of them).
It existed
until 1948, when it was again split by the Fire Services Act
1947, with fire services reverting to local authority
control, although this time there were far fewer brigades,
with only one per county and county borough.
When they were on duty, n the frequent long stretches
between calls, many firemen and firewomen performed vital
wartime manufacturing work, in workshops in the fire
stations or
adjacent to
them. This was entirely voluntary, but since many of the
wartime personnel had worked in factories before the war it
was work with which they were familiar and skilled.
NFS Recruitment
Poster
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War service meant considerable risk, and members of the NFS
were called to attend the aftermath of German bombing raids
and coastal shelling from France, or often whilst these
attacks were still ongoing. Casualties were inevitable, and
there is one record of a volunteer who died on duty aged
just 19, and was awarded the Certificate for Gallantry as a
result
This National
Fire Service Helmet is Dated 1939 and has what looks to be a
Personnel Number
The Number reads
277459 and is painted on using yellow paint
It has the area
number 24 which shows that it was used by the Birmingham
Fire Force
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W Britain limited edition Dambuster Commemorative set (pg1 Misc)
This is stunning diorama of Wing Commander Gibson and his
crew boarding Lancaster ED 932 taken from the iconic
photograph. The pieces are made of heavy alloy with seven
figures at 54mm scale all accurately painted. It is a
limited edition set and comes with a certificate. In
excellent unused condition.
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Blood chit (pg1 Misc)
This is an original blood
chit in very nice original condition.
Blood chits were not only cloth patches. They
also were cards or sometimes letters with a promise of
reward directed to anyone who would assist a downed flier.
In the early days of World War II, the
British routinely issued blood chits to their aircrews,
including several types in 1940 to fliers in Ethiopia.
When the US entered the war, the American air
services adopted the practice and they were eventually
issued in all theatres of combat operations by all the
western Allies.
Blood chits were duly honoured and the
helpers were rewarded with money or gifts.
Later, chits were printed in nearly 50
languages, including many European, North African, and Asian
tongues.
Not all of them contained the same
statements, but all were bona fide government IOUs promising
to reward those who assisted Allied airmen.
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Vintage Dinky Spitfire in original box (pg1 Misc)
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Here is a stunning vintage dinky
model of the MK I/II Spitfire. Usually the top cover turns
yellow but this one has been kept out of the light and is
still clear. It has never been removed from its box.
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Bob Stanford Tuck signed print (pg1 misc)
This is a signed
print of one of Britains greatest RAF aces of WWII depicted
flying on His last wartime sortie. There is some very light
ageing marks on the picture shown in the bottom left
picture.
Robert Stanford Tuck was one
of the RAF’s highest ranking aces. By the time he was shot
down and taken prisoner on 28th January 1942, he had 27+
enemy aircraft to his credit.
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Framed and signed Print of Tangmere Hurricanes (pg1 misc)
This is a superb limited edition
print by Nicolas Trudgian13 of 1000 signed by five Battle of Britain Pilots one of
whom is Peter Townsend who was later famously
involved with Princess Margaret.
The Hurricanes just
refuelled and rearmed climb
to rejoin the Battle of 1940.
I am afraid our photograph
does not do this large vibrant picture justice it is in
excellent condition.
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The romance between Princess Margaret and Group Captain
Peter Townsend has been described as 'the
most tragic royal love story ever'.
Townsend joined the Royal Air Force in 1933 and after
graduating from RAF Cranwell was commissioned a pilot
officer in 1935. His first posting was No. 1 Squadron at
Tangmere where he flew a Hawker Fury and in 1936 was
transferred to Singapore where he joined No. 36 Squadron and
flew the Vickers Vildebeest torpedo bomber. Upon being
promoted to flying officer in 1937, he returned to Tangmere
where he joined No. 43 Squadron and shortly after the
beginning of WWII he was promoted to flight lieutenant.
Flying out of RAF Acklington Townsend was blooded in
February 1940 when he and two other pilots flying Hurricanes
shot down a Heinkel 111 near Whitby. His score of claimed
and confirmed continued and in April he was awarded the DFC.
Townsend serving throughout the Battle of
Britain as commanding officer of No. 85 Squadron of Hawker
Hurricanes. In July he ditched his aircraft in the sea after
forcing down a Dornier at Arras. His exploits continued
until he was shot down over Tonbridge and although wounded
continued to command from the ground while recovering. In
September he was awarded a bar to his DFC for his
“unflagging zeal and leadership” in battle and for
personally shooting down four aircraft.
By early 1941 Townsend had shot down at least
11 enemy aircraft, became an acting Wing Commander and was
awarded the DSO for his “outstanding powers of leadership
and organisation… and skill in air combat”.
Between December 1941 and January 1943 he was
confirmed in the temporary rank of wing commander, appointed
commanding officer of RAF Drem in Scotland, appointed
commander of No. 611 Squadron of Spitfires, was leader of
No. 605 Squadron of night fighters and appointed commanding
officer of RAF West Malling in Kent.
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Framed Print of Mk IX Spitfires of 611 Squadron (pg1 misc)
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Framed Print of
Bomber Command Memorial(pg1 misc)
Here is a superb framed print
of the Bomber Command Memorial Located at Green Park in
London
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Limited Edition Battle of Britain scene print Head to head (pg1 misc)
A superb framed limited
edition numbered print signed by the artist Thomas Gower.
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Bolton Paul Defiant Night fighter print (pg1 misc)
A stunning framed print of the
Bolton Paul Defiant night Fighter from an original painting
by Wilfred Hardy
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Limited Edition
RAF Manston TB752 Spitfire Signed Print (pg1 misc)
Here we have a stunning
Limited Edition of 50 framed print of Spitfire TB752 'LZ-F'
This is signed by The Ten
Surviving Pilots of 66 Squadron Who Fought in the
Battle of Britain
It has it's Certificate of
Authenticity
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Framed Robert
Taylor "Memphis Belle" (pg1 misc)
Here we have a
Limited Edition, Framed Robert Taylor Print
This has Original Signatures of
Robert Taylor and Col Bob Morgan, Pilot of Memphis Belle
This Comes with a Certificate of
Authenticity
This print turns the clock back to World War
II when Colonel Bob Morgan and his crew took on the flak and
fighters of the Luftwaffe deep over enemy territory. Today
this famous bomber rests in more peaceful surroundings of
the West Memphis Airport, lovingly restored to her former
glory.
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Framed Robert
Taylor "D-Day" (pg1 misc)
Here we have a Framed Robert Taylor Print
Depicting Operation Neptune on June 6th 1944
Robert Taylor’s portrayal captures the very essence of that
herculean battle on the first day. The painting contains
over 30 craft of all types and is dominated by one of the
many large transport ships, lowering her landing craft under
bombardment from shore batteries. Barrage balloons flying,
this massive fleet sailed into the teeth of the German
defences, to land its invasion forces against all odds.
Each print carries
two small prints of pencil ‘remarque’ drawings on the tint
border, depicting a DC3 Dakota dropping paratroops, and a
patrolling Spitfire
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WWI Silkwork
Memorial Picture (pg1 misc)
Here we have a
Memorial for a soldier that Fell at the Battle of Loos in
1915
It has the Middlesex Regiment
Insignia over two flags
On the Right Flag looks to be
Destinations that the Regiment Visited during the war
The Bottom Reads
In Loving Memory of my Dear
Brother
There is also a Photo of a
Soldier and Underneath is written
Killed at Loos France 1915
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Study of a
Seaplane Water Colour (pg1 misc)
Here we have a
Water Colour by Barry K Barnes
This is Signed by the Artist and
Framed
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John Player RAF
Badges Cigarette Cards (pg1 misc)
Here we have a
Collection of Cigarette Cards
Issued By John Player
These were Released in 1937
The Collection of 50 Cards is
Complete and in Good Condition
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Original Fighter Pilot drawing 1 (pg1 misc)
A stunning original drawing (not
a print ) a one off picture of an RAF fighter pilot signed
by the artist.
Measures 320mm by 170mm.
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Original Fighter Pilot drawing
2 (pg1 misc)
A stunning original drawing (not
a print ) a one off picture of an RAF fighter pilot signed
by the artist.
Measures 320mm by 170mm.
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Spitfire Fund
Lapel Badge (pg1 misc)
These Were Given to those who
made a donation to the Spitfire Fund
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Sweetheart Badge
India 1944 (pg1 misc)
This is a lovely piece made from
Ivory, they were brought by members of the R.A.F for their
wives or girlfriends back home
It is from India and is
dated 1944 and the name inscribed into the bottom of the
badge is Ruth
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George VI Scramble Bell (pg1 misc) World War 2
Scramble
Bell - stamped with the Kings Crown and GviR
Very large, so very heavy - weight is
approximately 8kg
Size: overall height base to shoulder is
10 1/2", diameter is 9 1/2" at Bell opening and 4 1/2" diameter at
the top.
Used by the RAF at squadron bases to
alert air crew into action.
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attached to the Bell.
There are no cracks but there are a few marks on the outside
at the
of the bell
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WW2 Baby's Gas
Mask (pg1 SAS)
This looks like a deep-sea diving helmet but is in fact a
gas mask for babies, dating from World War II. In 1938, the
British Government gave everyone, including babies, gas
masks to protect them in case the Germans dropped poison gas
bombs on Britain.
This gas mask was for children up to two years old. The
parents placed their baby inside the mask so that the head
was inside the steel helmet and the baby could see through
the visor. Then they wrapped the canvas part around the
baby's body with the straps fastened under its bottom like a
nappy, and its legs dangling free below. The canvas had a
rubber coating to stop gas seeping through the material, and
the straps were tied securely so that the mask was airtight.
There is an asbestos filter on the side of the mask, and
this absorbed poisonous gases. Attached to this is a rubber
tube shaped like a concertina with a handle. This was pushed
back and forth to pump air into the mask. With the baby
inside the mask, an adult could start to use the hand pump.
Health Visitors and Child Welfare Centres gave lessons on
how to use the mask. Despite instruction courses, few
parents were totally happy with encasing their child in an
airtight chamber. In fact there was some question over its
safety. During demonstrations there were reports that babies
fell asleep and became unnaturally still inside the masks!
It is likely that the pump didn't push enough air into the
mask and the babies came close to suffocating. Luckily, they
were never put to the test in a real situation.
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Rubber band
powered Spitfire 2 (pg1 misc)
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Rubber band powered Spitfire 1 (pg1 misc)
A traditional balsa wood kit Of
a Spitfire with a 27" wingspan . Tissue covered and powered
by an elastic band
Rubber band
powered Spitfire 2 (pg1 misc)
A traditional balsa wood kit Of
a Spitfire with a 18.4" wingspan . Tissue covered and
powered by an elastic band
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Kiel Kraft glow fuel powered control line Hurricane (pg1 misc)
I wonder how many of you
spent hours trying to get one of these started in your
childhood ? This is a classic Kiel Kraft Hurricane to be
flown by control, line made some time in the 1970s. It is
complete except for its missing canopy. The engine turns
over and even its original recoil spring starter works
although I never used it myself . The fuel and even
the glow plugs are still available today and if you have the
patience to get one going they are pretty impressive with an
immense amount of power for a tiny engine.
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Vintage Model Vosper RAF Tender (pg1 misc)
Vintage Victory
Industries Vosper RAF Crash Tender believed to date to
the 1950's . A Really nice clean example, looks
unused, clean battery compartment with instructions. Good
box (some minor age wear) with inner packaging. The
brass rudders and props are really bright and turn
freely. From looking at instructions there is a small
plastic push in aerial missing, the front plastic mast
has a bend from age - it has not been tested for
operation but is sold as untested.
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Pre war RAF Levies in Iraq collection (pg1 misc) This
is a fascinating and historically important collection of
the between wars operations of the RAF and includes original
Photo's , pass books, service records and brass name plate
to Alfred Moss. The Iraq levies were raised in 1919 and
became the responsibility of the RAF in 1922, maintaining
law and order by means of light aircraft and armored cars.
The force was disbanded in 1955. These items date from 1924
to 1928 the Discharge papers are dated 1936.
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P38 Lightening trench art (pg1 misc)
WWII trench art these
ashtrays were given as mementoes to the P 38 pilots at the
end of the war who
operated in Australia in WWII. The Australian shaped ash
tray lists every base that the P38 operated from. A unique
and attractive pierce of historic wartime art. Its unused
and has no staining.
Dated 1946
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DeHavilland
Mosquito Brass Trench Art (pg1 misc)
Here we have a Trench Art
Mosquito made from Brass
It is approx 2.5" high to the top of the cockpit and 6.5"
from nose to tail.
The wingspan is approx 8.5". It weighs 896g
It is Set on its wheels and
it has Moveable Propellers. There is a Hole on the Base so
it Could be Set on a Stand
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Focke Wulf
Fw-190A of Jagd Gruppe 1 at Deelen in 1943
Deelen,
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Deelen airfield
Luftwaffe landing marker (pg1 misc)
This is a stunning piece
ideal for using as a paper weight and makes a great
conversational piece. It has superb provenance and was
purchased on our trip to
Arnhem . These
markers were placed along the runway to allow the night
fighters to find the runway. Of coarse to have anything
luminous would alert allied aircraft to the airfield and
mark it perfectly as a target so these small bricks were
painted with a light reflective material and illuminate only
when light from the landing lamps of the aircraft are
switched on. They were found in a pile on the edge of Deelen
airfield after the person that originally dug them up as a
child
recovered them some 60 years later. In
excellent condition a superb piece of history.
Airfield
Deelen (Dutch: vliegveld Deelen,
vliegbasis Deelen, or Militair
vliegterrein Deelen, also known
as Fliegerhorst Deelen, Deelen
Air Base or Military Aviation
Terrain Deelen, ICAO: EHDL) was
an air base north of Arnhem.
The airfield opened as an
auxiliary airfield in 1913 to
support flying operations of the
Luchtvaartafdeeling (LVA) in
Soesterberg.
Along with the airstrip at Nieuw
Milligen, it was intended to
suppport patrols along the
Dutch-German border during World
War I.
The original airfield was
situated north of the Vrijland
estate.
Its unpaved runways were
ploughed under in early 1940, in
order to disable them for
possible use by invading German
troops.
The German
occupying forces greatly
expanded the airfield to the
north, partly in the
municipality of Ede, and partly
in National Park "Hooge Veluwe".
They renamed the airfield "Fliegerhorst
Deelen" (code named Alster) and
built an 'A'-shaped runway
system and facilities, adhering
to the most modern standards of
the Luftwaffe.
It included measures such as
bomb protection and far going
camouflage (the so-called "Heimatschuetz"
From 1942 the Fliegerhorst had
it's own railway connection, the
so called "bomb-line", which
connected the line
Arnhem-Utrecht with the
Fliegerhorst.
On the south side of the
airfield two storage halls and
loading and offloading platforms
were constructed.
A branch ran into the "Hooge
Veluwe" park, where fuel and
ammunitions were stored, another
branch split off to the
Grossraum-Gefechtsstand
"Diogenes", the German Air
Defense bunker (type Ceasar).
Between 1940 and 1945 the
following units were stationed
at Fliegerhorst Deelen:
4e Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 54 (Focke-Wulf
Fw 190)
3e Zerstörergeschwader
(Messerschmitt Bf 110)
2e Gruppe Nachtjagdgeschwader
(Junkers Ju 88)
4, 7 and 12 Flak Gruppe
In the build up to Operation
Market Garden (The "Bridge too
Far) the Fliegerhorst was bombed
several times, causing the
Luftwaffe units to leave the
airfield.
It remained open however, for
use as an auxiliary field, and
to store V-1 flying bombs.
By March 1945 all military
activities at the airfield had
come to a halt.
Deelen, photographed in
September 1944. A large number
of craters is visible on the
tracks, making it very clear
that German air operations could
no longer be performed from this
airfield
Between
1945 and 1950 the airfield was
used as storage area. Mostly
Canadian (Canada left some
37,000 vehicles, motorbikes and
trucks at the airfield),
American and English war
supplies but captured German
stocks could also be found.
Find more
relics connected to Deelen here.
£35 each
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RAF Egypt souvenir (pg1 misc)
This is a stunning hand
embroidered table mat with the Kings crown RAF motif
and souvenir from Egypt dated 1945, this would look
stunning framed. The RAF operated in extensively Egypt
from soon after WWI all the way through WWII.
£85
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Stereoscope viewer (pg1 misc)
WW2 USAAF Stereoscope type B3 Scarce to find an American
version of the Stereoscopes which were used to look at
target photos, etc pre and post bombing. The viewer folds
flat and is fully adjustable and very sturdy. Fully marked
it also has scratched into the paint a name 'Col. R. D.
Hughes'
PRU Spitfire were also
used to take pictures before and after bombing. This high
flying unarmed spitfires of the PRU were fitted with huge
cameras able to take highly detailed pictures. The Spitfires
used in this role were painted in unusual colours from blue
to pink;
£125
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Fire Ex Bottle (pg1 misc)
Fire
extinguisher bottle used for putting out engine fire's
whilst airborne. This is a system fitted to most heavy
bombers including the Lancaster. This bottle is well used
and has many stamps. The earliest date I can find is 1943.
£85
Sorry Surface
delivery only over sea's.
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SE5A WW1 Fighter Model (pg1 misc)
A nice hand made metal model
of the WW1 SE5A. The Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a proved to be the most
successful of the British single seat fighters. Armed with a
fixed Vickers gun and a tilt able Lewis gun above the wing.
£42.50
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Filler tube (pg 1 Misc)
This is a Pee tube to
allow the Pilot to relieve himself in flight.
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stock more required please
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