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Belt Feed Mechanism, Hispano, 20mm, Mk 3, Right Hand, 7G/1041
Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1945, In Storage, X008-9066
By guiding an ammunition belt round a cam, a Belt Feed Mechanism extracts a round from its link and presents the round ready to be fed into the cannon’s breach.
Hydraulic Pump, Bristol Blenheim Mark IV
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940, In Storage, 1997/0031/C
Recovered from its crash site near Kaas, this pump belonged to a Bristol Blenheim Mark IV R3802 that was shot down during RAF No. 82 Squadron’s raid of the Aalborg Airfield, Denmark, 13 August 1940.
Hazard Warning Flag
Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1945, London, Hangar Five, X002-7592
Warning flags were used to mark the locations of unexploded bombs and other possible hazards.
Ki-Gass Engine Priming Pump
Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1945, London, Hangar One, X005-2723
Prior to starting, piston engines require fuel to be fed to the cylinders. This can be done by hand-turning the propeller or by the use of a priming pump.
Belt Feed Mechanism, Hispano, 20mm, Mk 1, Right Hand, 7G/202
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1941-1943, In Storage, X008-9068
By guiding an ammunition belt round a cam, a Belt Feed Mechanism extracts a round from its link and presents the round ready to be fed into the cannon’s breach.
RAF Identity Disc Set
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1941-1947, In Storage, X003-4312
These fibreboard discs are stamped with basic identity details. If the bearer was killed the green disc remained with the body while the red disc was taken to record the death.
Flying Officer J H Laughlin DSO, MBE by William Rothenstein, sanguine chalk on paper
Fine Art, 1941, In Storage, FA00071
Purchased from a private collection, 1985.
Ministry of Aircraft Production Plaque
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1941, In Storage, X004-1354
This plaque was presented to Mrs Willard Kitchen from British Colombia, Canada, to commemorate the purchase of Hurricane Mk IIB ‘Wilmar Vancouver’ which served with Nos. 32 and 615 Squadrons during the Second World War.
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