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Browning .303 Mk II Browning (pg1 Arm)

Here we have an original flash eliminator for a Browning 303. It is in mint condition unopened in its original box. The one shown right is the the type you will receive I didn't want to open the packaging.

  £150

Bomb Spacing Unit

A bomb spacing unit I believe was used in Wellington bombers. Nice condition.

£45

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Boozer Indicator for Lancaster(pg1 arm)

Here we have a very rare original Boozer indicator fitted to Stirling's, Lancaster's and possibly other heavies, from 1942 to 1944. This indicator would have fitted in the main pilots panel. Designed to warn the pilot he was being tracked by a night fighter.

Boozer was a receiver which provided a visual indication that a bomber was being held in a radar beam of a type known to be used for following aircraft, and it was intended to make Boozer a universal fitting in bomber aircraft. In April 1943, a request for equipment on this scale was made, but for various reasons this target was never in within sight of realization. Technical difficulties rising chiefly from an insufficient knowledge of the details of enemy equipment. Interference with other airborne radar equipment, such as Monica and later carpet, and production shortcomings restricted the number of boozers available.

 Boozer idea was undoubtedly a very sound one, the more so because the apparatus did not itself radiate and so was immune from homing danger, but the practical obstacles were too great for it to be really effective and there is no evidence that it ever achieved the success that was hoped for it. It was finally discontinued in September 1944

£275

£435

Spitfire Manual Bomb Release Control (pg1 arm)

This is a Manual Bomb Release Control from Spitfire Mk XIV It was removed during the restoration of NH749 shown above and left. NH749 was built in Aldermaston, to 33 MU on 23.2.45. To 215 MU on 20.5.45. SS 'Samaturdy'on 2.7.45. To India on 28.7.45. To Air Command SE Asia on 9.8.45. sold to Indian Air Force on 29.12.47. Recovered O and W Haydon-Bailey in 1978. To K Wickenden as G-MXIV. To Museum of Flying, Santa Monica, California as NX749DP in 1985.

Spitfire Part number : 34957 - 249

Superb and extremely rare.

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Lancaster low level Bombsight computer B(pg1 arm)

Mk III Low level Bombsight computer Dated 1943

 WW2 RAF LANCASTER LOW LEVEL BOMBSIGHT COMPUTER. Ref No 9/2652, AND DATED 1943. DESIGNED FOR USE UP TO 1,000 ft. & DEVELOPED PRIMARILY FOR THE BOMBING OF GERMAN SUBMARINES AT LOW LEVEL, THE Mk 3 WAS ALSO VERY EFFECTIVE AGAINST LAND TARGETS. INTRODUCED INTO SERVICE WITH RAF No 2 GROUP BOSTON MEDIUM BOMBERS, IN MAY 1943. IT ALSO SAW SERVICE WITH THE FAMOUS DAMBUSTERS OF RAF 617 SQUADRON, FLYING LANCASTER'S, IN 1944. A FEW EXAMPLE'S WERE USED BY RAF 627 SQUADRON FLYING IN MOSQUITOES OF No.8 (PATHFINDER FORCE) GROUP. THIS EXAMPLE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION & WOULD HAVE BEEN USED WITH THE LOW LEVEL BOMBSIGHT (not included). NICELY STAMPED & DATED 1943, WITH ALL PART'S WORKING. SIZE = 9 x 5 x 4"

Bomb Fusing Key(pg1 arm)

A rare and unusual item. A key used for setting fuse . Dated 1945. Glass is cracked but should be easy to replace.

£40

Bomb and Fusing selector (pg1 Arm)

Mint boxed bomb and fusing selector. With selector for night and day settings. A really rare quality piece, possibly used in Wellingtons.

£59

Bombing Teacher Mk IV(pg1 Arm)

A three speed gearbox Bombing Teacher MK IV.

A/M 9B/534 HTA

Marked with an air ministry crown this is an extremely rare piece used in the training of Bomb aimers. In very good functional condition.

£175

Bomb Fuse (pg1 Arm)

Military inert aerial bomb propeller type fuse. This item is in very good condition, measures about 9 inches long. Prop is 5 inches in diameter. Inside is filled with inert resin, and it cannot be made to fire. Fuses of this type were used on a wide variety of air dropped bombs, and ordnance. Marked on the side: FUSE, BOMB, TAIL M123A1.

£125

DESIGNED FOR USE UP TO 1,000 ft. & DEVELOPED PRIMARILY FOR THE BOMBING OF GERMAN SUBMARINES AT LOW LEVEL, THE Mk 3 WAS ALSO VERY EFFECTIVE AGAINST LAND TARGETS. INTRODUCED INTO SERVICE WITH RAF No 2 GROUP BOSTON MEDIUM BOMBERS, IN MAY 1943. IT ALSO SAW SERVICE WITH THE FAMOUS DAMBUSTER'S OF RAF 617 SQUADRON, FLYING LANCASTER'S, IN 1944. A FEW EXAMPLE'S WERE USED BY RAF 627 SQUADRON FLYING IN MOSQUITOES OF No.8 (PATHFINDER FORCE) GROUP.

  This is in NEW condition absolutely unused and spotless.

£125

Gun Camera footage indicator (pg1 Arm)

Spitfire Cockpit control-box for the G45 Gun Camera.

'Indicator Footage Type 44.'  

 Here is the G45 Gun-Camera 'Indicator Footage Type 44'. A Wilkinson Machine Company Ltd. - made, Air Ministry-marked G45 Gun Camera 'Indicator Footage Type 44.' to suit the Spitfire.

AM Ref'; 14A/1425.

     This Spitfire cockpit control allows the exposure-level to be set correctly for the conditions on the day, and, usefully, records the actual amount of film footage used, - very useful for the pilot. AM Ref'; 14A/1425. This item was fitted to the left-hand side of the Spitfire's cockpit, near the Throttle.

     Condition is most excellent, no obvious indications that it is not still perfectly functional, everything seems to move as it should. Square type is rare to see now.

    (The G45 Gun-Cameras were fitted into the wing-root of the Spitfire to record 'kills' when the aircrafts guns were fired.)

This is a very nice original item complete in good condition. If the gunner in the rear turret was injured they used this valve to turn the turret and get him out. Fitted to practically all rear turrets, in Lancaster's Wellington's ect.

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£375

Lots more turret items in Gunsights

This is an ORIGINAL control panel mounted at the top of the FN 20/21 type rear turrets as fitted to Lancaster's and other heavy bombers. I will supply the aircraft serial number which this was removed from as soon as I can find the note that came with it. .

£299

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In situ in Lancaster's bomb aimers position

This T1 is complete in excellent original condition supplied by the US under lend lease this type of bombsight was not in general use by the USAF and was fitted to other RAF heavy and medium bombers throughout the war.

£450

Lancaster etc bomb jettison AM 5D.604

Very rare items used to jettison bombs on Lancaster's.

£35

See manual and spare parts on page 3 armaments.

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Lancaster Bomb Computer (pg1 Arm)

Nash & Thomson was established in 1929 at Kingsdon-upon-Thames by business partners Archibald Frazer-Nash and Henry Ronald Godfrey. The company was formed to develop the turrets that Frazer Nash had originated, and their designs were consequently numbered in a series prefixed "FN".

The Rear turret gunner sat in isolation in the rear turret. He had the control yoke between his legs and used this to rotate the turret and elevate his 4 x .303 machine guns. Very cramped. Space too small to store parachute no time to get out of turret and put parachute on, resulting in many rear gunners not escaping in an emergency! Usually the crew member who got the coldest.

The FN120 Lancaster Rear Turret

In late 1944 a modified FN.20 was introduced and, as this incorporated new parts, it was designated the Type FN.120. The weight was reduced by 18 kg (40 lb) and some of the main structural members were redesigned. The most popular feature from the gunner's point of view was an improved heating system.

Details of the Type FN.20 Tail Turret

Position in aircraft: Tail
Motive power: Hydraulic motor
Armament: Four 7.7 mm (0.3030 in) Browning Mk.II guns
Ammunition: 2,500 rounds per gun; 1,900 in fuselage boxes, 600 in feed tracks
Ammunition feed: FN hydraulic servo feed from fuselage boxes
Gunsight: Mk.III free mounted reflector sight; Mk.IIC gyro gunsight
Fire control: Palmer electric
Field of view:
Traverse: 94 degrees to each beam
Elevation: 60 degrees
Depression: 45 degrees
Weight of turret (empty): 148 kg (325 lb)
Weight (operational): 614 kg (1,350 lb) = gunner - 82 kg (180 lb); guns - 40 kg (88 lb); ammo - 218 kg (480 lb); boxes - 15 kg (33 lb); tracking - 23 kg (50 lb)
Diameter of ring: (30 1/2 in)
Armour (when fitted): 9 mm (0.354 in) armoured plates to front aspect

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AS-F ND623/G Lancaster Turret Canopy (pg1 arm)

This is a fantastic Lancaster FN 120 rear  turret canopy in original condition. The turret was removed from Lancaster ND623/G after being sold to a company  Flight re-fuelling Ltd  Bournemouth the turrets were always removed by this civil company and this is how it has survived.

It was the last  Lancaster with 616 which had the code AS-F.

 AS-F  aircraft  were DV247 EE200 LM390 LM521 ME637 ME812 ND506 ND623

ND623/G left Avro on completion on 15/2/44, and was flown to 32 Maintenance Unit at St Athan. The usual reason for a Lancaster to go to 32 MU before entering service was for the installation of special radio/radar equipment. Perhaps ND623 had something secret fitted, hence the requirement for guarding it (/G). It left St Athan for Kirmington and 166 Sqdn on 23/2/44 where it became AS-F. On 1/3/44 it received Category B damage, which meant dismantling and delivery by road to a factory repair facility. On the same date, the Operations Record Book for RAF Woodbridge, the emergency landing ground, records that AS-F, captained by F/S Booth made a belly landing there at 1228 hrs after hitting a snow bank on take off from base for an air test.

Repairs at an Avro factory took until 12/8/44, and on 31/8/44 ND623 was allotted to Flight Refuelling Ltd for in-flight refuelling development work. It was written off on 11/10/45 while attempting to land at Staverton after a refuelling exercise. It still had 500 gallons of fuel aboard in internal tanks when it touched too fast with no wind on a short runway. It overshot into a deep brook.

I have found this account from a veteran of 616 Sdr (click to read his story)

 " but on the night of 24 March ND620 AS-I was brand new, on its first trip. Before we took off, I'll never forget that the wireless operator said 'We're going to get the chop tonight'. The skipper immediately pounced on him, but of course he was dead right."

616 Squadron Lancaster AS-X

616 Squadron  re-emerged on the 27th January 1943  when detachments of No's 142 and 150 Squadron were amalgamated into No 166 at Kirmington. Re-equipping with Lancasters in September 1943.  It continued to operate from Kirmington as part of Bomber Command's Main Force until the end of the war. Copies of 616 Squadrons Operational Records are being sort by our professional researcher the ORB will list the Lancaster's individual operations. This will be supplied to the purchaser. For UK customers we will deliver.  For international bidders this canopy will have to be transported in a crate and this will be an additional cost of around £50.

Spitfire Gun camera counter (pg1 arm)

This is a gun camera film counter, showing the pilot how much film is available in the gun camera which operated to record damage to enemy aircraft when the guns fired. Mounted on the LHS of the Spitfire cockpit also used in other RAF Fighters. Dual voltage 12 and 24.

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Briggs and Sperry Ball Turret control's (pg1 arm)

This is a complete bomb selector as fitted to the bomb aimers panel in the Lancaster. Its function was to select the order that the bombs were dropped to prevent the aircraft becoming unstable as the bombs released. The Lancasters huge bomb bay carried various bomb loads and this piece of equipment was an essential piece of equipment. This particular piece is in good used condition.

Seen left in situ in the Lancaster this piece was also used in other heavy bombers including the Hallifax.

£95

£125

This is an original sight ring for a Bofors antiaircraft gun The ring  is 9 1/2" in diameter. The Bofors anti aircraft gun was adopted by the British Army in 1937 as its standard light AA weapon in a single-barrelled, air-cooled version. It was a great success and demand exceeded production until 1943. The quality of the gun was such that the Royal Navy also started fitting it to ships in 1941, before adopting a purpose-designed twin-barrelled water-cooled version, first used in late 1942

Here is an FN-50 in situ in a Lancaster

Plate as fitted to our canopy

Seen fitted below to a FN 5 Front Lancaster turret.

The FN 5 shown above is very similar in design to the FN 50 Mid upper turret hence the canopy fits.

FN-50 Mid Upper Lancaster Turret canopy (pg1 arm)

This is an extremely rare turret canopy recently imported into the UK. It is in excellent condition for its age and solid, the Perspex is glazed and has some cracks but that is to be expected. This canopy was fitted to the FN-50 mid upper turret of a Lancaster. Almost all Lancasters were equipped with Frazer-Nash (FN) hydraulically operated turrets, each with .303 calibre machine guns.

The FN-50 mid-upper turret had two.

Lancaster FN 50 Mid upper in situ.

This item is very large and can be collected, if shipped it will require a crate and postage costs will very depending on where its going so please contact us for postage cost quoting your delivery address.

This sale is for the canopy shown left only does not include the FN 5 Internals.

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