90 gallon fuel gauge fitted to the Barracuda.

Boxed in mint condition there are no surviving Barracudas in existence today.

Barracuda fuel gauge (pg 18 ins)

First flown in December 1940, the Fairey Barracuda torpedo bomber was designed to replace the obsolete Fairey Swordfish and Albacore biplanes as a front-line combat aircraft. Production and other delays however meant the aircraft type did not begin to see widespread service until 1943. The Barracuda then served in a wide variety of capacities until VJ Day. The design achieved prominence in 1944 when forty Barracudas took off in two waves to successfully attack the German pocket battleship Tripitz anchored in a Norwegian fiord. Several Canadian pilots were involved in this famous attack.

The Barracuda also saw numerous actions with the British fleet in the Pacific. Despite its ungainly appearance, the aircraft could carry out a wide variety of missions and was progressively modified to carry bombs, mines, torpedoes, depth charges, rockets, radar masts and radomes, lifeboats and even containers under the wings for dropping agents into occupied territories. Two Royal Canadian Navy squadrons, Nos 825 and 826, were initially equipped with Barracudas when they were formed in 1945.

£65

Canadian Lancaster Mk X A.S.I (pg 18 ins)

 This Airspeed indicator is for a Canadian built Lancaster and shows the difference between British and Canadian built instruments. A British ASI would never be labelled for a specific aircraft. There were to be some differences between the British Lancasters and the Canadian built versions (known as Mk X's). The engines were to be of the same design, but manufactured by Packard in the United States and all instruments and radio equipment were to be of Canadian or American manufacture. However, it was deemed essential that all major sub-assemblies of the Canadian Lancasters be interchangeable with the British versions so that in the event of damage, spare parts would not have to be sent across the Atlantic

BOXED and clearly marked MK X Lancaster part

£75

Mk 19 altimeter (pg18ins)

Great for display but not working.

6A/2994

N/A

£155

£25

6D/1615 MK in mint condition.

A very rare and unusual piece trim gauge from a Rapide.

DE HAVILLAND DH.89 RAPIDE and DE HAVILLAND DH.89 DOMINIE - The DH.89 was developed in 1933/34 as a light general purpose transport, the proto-type flying on April 17, 1934. Total of 728 built, including 206 as DH.89A Dragon Rapide up to 1939 and remainder as RAF Dominies, noted below, all with 200 hp Gipsy Queen III engines. Deliveries included two to RAF in 1938 for communications to Specification 21/38, three as R/T trainers to Specification T.29/38 and two as VIP transports, plus two to RAAF for communications. In 1939, 44 DH.89As assigned to NAC in UK, of which 14 operated in civil guise for internal communications through-out war; 43 ex-civil examples impressed for RAF use, including ambulance duties, ATA ferry service and Anti-Aircraft Co-Operation Units. About eight DH.89As impressed in India, plus four ex-RAF Dominies civil-registered for use by Air India and then also impressed. Seven civil DH.89As impressed in Australia for RAAF as radio/navigation trainers until 1944; six impressed for RNZAF, several for SAAF. A number of Dragon Rapides was operated during the war by the Luftwaffe.