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German Naval Air Service Incendiary Bomb (Mark Unknown)

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1914-1918, London, Hangar Two, 81/O/480

Standard First World War German incendiary bomb, as dropped from airships. Suspension loop at top. Circular, domed bottom corroded/burnt away. Wrapped with rope, which would originally be tar soaked. Rusty surface.

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Anti-Airship Incendiary (Model)

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1914, London, Hangar Two, 76/M/1137

3/4 scale model of Anti-airship incendiary missile.

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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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Pilot's flying log book of Lieutenant William Edward Watt, 1917-1919

Archives, 1917-1919, In Storage, X003-0361/001

Having served six months as an observer with No.53 Squadron in France, South African William Watt began training to be a pilot in October 1917.

Pilot's flying log book of Lieutenant William Edward Watt, 1917-1919 | X003-0361/001, Royal Air Force Museum

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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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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Zeppelin L48 Bomb Release Gear

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1917, London, Hangar Two, 70/O/1217

Restored bomb release gear still attached to section of (possibly reproduction) airship structure.

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Pilot's flying log book of Captain Meredith Thomas, 7 January 1917-22 April 1919

Archives, 07 JAN 1917-07 JAN 1946, In Storage, X007-1391/001/001

Thomas joined the Queen's Westminster Rifles as a rifleman in August 1914 and served for nearly two years in the trenches of the Western Front.

Army Book 425., Army Book 425.

Gotha Aircraft Skin Fragment

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1918, London, Hangar Two, 1994/0526/C

Small rectangular fragile fragment of linen fabric from Gotha biplane bomber with purple and green paint remains one side and inked "GOTHA S.960 shot down at Harty Point by Capt Haines, Date May 19th 1918 at 11.30pm".

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