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Anzani 40hp

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1914-1968, Cosford, Hangar Two, 68/E/836

Six-cylinder radial aero engine with exhaust stubs.

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Propeller fitted to Anzani radial engine

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1914-1968, Cosford, Hangar Two, 68/E/837

Two-blade wooden propeller fitted to Anzani radial engine.

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Control Column, Avro type

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1920-1940, Cosford, Hangar Two, X004-9238

Length of rectangular profile timber with seven holes (for steel bracket) one end and turned along its length and with a single hand grip the other. As fitted to the Avro 504K trainer aircraft to control the aircraft's ailerons and rudders.

Length of rectangular profile timber turned along its length with a single hand grip at the end, Royal Air Force Museum

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

Bristol M.1c

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1917-1918, Cosford, Hangar Two, 1988/0209/A

The Bristol M.1C was the first British monoplane of the First World War. However, owing to an institutional distrust of monoplanes in the Royal Flying Corps, only 125 Bristol M.1C airframes were ordered.

Single-seat rotary engined monoplane scout with distinctive red dragon insignia on the fuselage. Reproduction using original, © RAF Museum / Iain Duncan

SE5A Interplane Strut

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1917-1918, Cosford, Hangar Two, 72/A/508

On 30 July 1918 Group Captain Ira 'Taffy' Jones, flying SE5A D6895 with No. 74 Squadron, fought a German Rumpler aircraft. During the engagement, this wing strut from his aircraft was damaged by gunfire (the bullet damage can be seen). After despatching the Rumpler, Jones went on to shoot down a second German aircraft before landing, when his aircraft collapsed.

Wooden stick-shaped support with metal-covered ends, © RAF Museum

Sunbeam Arab Aero Engine Constructor's Plate

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918, Cosford, Hangar Two, X006-0313

Rectangular alloy engine data plate mounted on polished wooden backing as display item, with two suspension/fitting eyes.

Rectangular alloy engine data plate mounted on polished wooden backing as display item, with two suspension/fitting eyes., © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

First World War Memorial Plaque

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1920, Cosford, Hangar Two, X002-5855

Charlotte Annie Day joined the WRAF on 4 November 1918. She died in hospital on 30 November 1918 while undergoing training at the WRAF Depot Blandford, a victim of the 1918/1919 flu epidemic.

Brass disk showing the goddess, Britannia, with a lion. The disk is inset into a dark wood ornate square frame, RAF Museum

Unofficial No. 23 Squadron Badge

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1934, Cosford, Hangar Two, 1990/0243/Y

This illustration of an eagle preying on a falcon is No. 23 Squadron's crest, and the Latin motto 'Semper aggressus' means 'Always having attacked'.

Drawing on fabric of an eagle with a falcon in its claws, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Spitfire Fund Brooch

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1940, Cosford, Hangar Two, X006-8819

Lapel brooches like this one, formed from an old penny, were sold to raise money for Fighter Funds. This example was purchased by Mary Avis Taylor, a member of the Woman’s Auxiliary Air Force.

miniature Spitfire brooch mounted on safety pin, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum