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Hawker Hurricane Pilots seat(pg1 Pilot)
Superb and unique
opportunity to obtain this unique Hurricane Pilots seat.
Complete in good original condition. Released for sale from
our Hurricane project.
£2500
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C Type
Helmet named Pilot (pg1 pilot)
This is a C type
flying helmet dated 1942
with superb provenance, owned by
F/Sgt Cartwright of 842 Squadron of the
Fleet Air Arm. The helmet strangely has
Gosport tubing not
usual in the mid war period, until you discover that 842
Sdr operated Swordfish aircraft. There is a
Cartwright, Sub Lt (A) RNVR 831
Sdr mentioned in the second wave of the attack on
the
Tirpitz in 1944
Flt/Sgt A B Cartwright
could almost certainly be found by searching the
operational record books of 842Sdr in London. I can
arrange this for £50, this covers two hours research by
a professional. He sends me a CD of anything he can find
and he usually gets quite allot in two hours. The helmet
is in good shape however one of the seam's has parted,
should be a small job for a tailor .
The Squadron
first formed as a torpedo bomber reconnaissance
Swordfish squadron at
Lee-on-Solent in March 1943.
In July 1943 a fighter flight of 6
Seafire's was added and the squadron subsequently
embarked on HMS Fencer for operations during the
occupation of the Azores, and from November 4 Wildcat
from 1832 squadron were attached to 842 squadron.
On 1 December 1943 one of the Wildcat shot down and
enemy aircraft, whilst on Gibraltar convoy duties
In July 1944, most of the squadron
embarked on HMS Indefatigable and HMS Furious for
anti-submarine duties during the operation Mascot attack
against the Tirpitz. A
detachment of 6 Swordfish and 5 Wildcats embarked on HMS
Fencer for Gibraltar convoys, the Wildcats subsequently
taking part in operations off Norway from HMS Fencer and
then Campania. Meanwhile the Swordfish were attached to
RAF Coastal Command at Benbecula in September 1944,
transferring to Thorney Island from November 1944. The Squadron disbanded at Thorney
Island in January 1945.
Battle
Honours
Atlantic 1943 - 4, Norway 1944, Arctic
1944
£450
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Full Size Mannequin (pg1 Pilot)
This Mannequin is 6' 1" tall.
a little tall for the average aircrew, however with boots on
a surprising range of uniforms and flying gear will fit him,
the boots hide and shortness in the trousers. He really is
an imposing chap, youthful in appearance as most of our
Pilots were. Please don't email me telling me he is
incorrectly dressed I know!. I just dressed him up to give
you the general idea of how he looks. The mannequin arm's
and lower body from the waste down detach. He is fitted with
size 10 boots and I don' think you would get any smaller
size than that to fit him. He is really slim so I think
he'll fit into the small wartime sizes OK. Please remember
the price is for the Mannequin ONLY
NOT THE FLYING DRESS. I think you'll agree he looks
superb , really life like and has to be the only way to
display your collection of Wartime Kit.
Full Size
Mannequin only not including clothes.
£200
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DFM Memorial Medal (pg1 pilot)
This is 100% genuine D.F.M. memorial cross awarded to the
family of Pilot Officer R J Cook a Canadian Pilot who gave
His life in the service of His Country.
Unfortunately I haven't had time to research this
medal but it must be worthy of further research.
This medal is in excellent condition and is made of
silver.
The DFM was instituted together with the DFC in 1918,
and was awarded to NCOs and men for bravery whilst flying on
operations against the enemy. All DFMs were named with the
recipient's details around the rim of the medal. The World
War One medals had the details impressed. The Second World
War DFMs had the details engraved.
During World War I, approximately 105 DFMs were awarded,
with 2 first award bars. During World War II, approximately
6,000 DFMs were awarded, with 60 first award bars and 2
second award bars.
All the DFM awards are listed in the London Gazette. A
few of the First World War entries have a citation. The
majority of Second World War DFM awards have citations.
£995
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Lancaster drift recorder (pg1 pilot)
Drift recorder used in Lancaster Bombers.
£55
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This seat
has been removed from our Spitfire replica as we have a
replacement. You can see it fitted on our
replica page This is similar in both shape and material
of a Spitfire seat with a higher back. This seat is actually
a DH Hornet Pilot seat. It is good original condition with a
small crack in the seat pan. It is sturdy and useable in a
cockpit.
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DH Hornet Pilot Seat(pg1 Pilot)
The Hornet was a
high-performance twin-engine fighter, based on de Havilland
Mosquito experience, although it was a single-seat, and
smaller than the Mosquito. The construction incorporated
metal under wing surfaces, and it had handed engines
(rotating in opposite directions) to eliminate torque. It
was de Havilland last piston-engine operational aircraft,
being designed for the Far East war but not coming into
service until after WWII. It was used in combat only in the
uprising in Malaysia following WWII against "terrorists".
There it typically performed ground-attack missions using
rockets as there was no problem with air supremacy. A total
of 211 were built for the RAF, and they remained in service
until 1955 because the Hornet had a better range than jet
fighters. The RN adopted the aircraft as the Sea Hornet
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£850
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Pilots notes issued to Pilots
and aircrew. These are great for identifying Cockpit, flight
engineers instruments and controls. They all contain
labelled photos. They are modern reproductions alt5hough
there is one very rare original Spitfire notes listed.
Spitfire pilots
Notes
Reprinted spitfire Pilots
notes.
£15
Lancaster Pilots
Notes
Reprinted Lancaster Pilots
notes.
£15
Tempest Pilots
Notes
Reprinted Tempest Pilots
notes.
£15
Beaufighter Pilots Notes
Reprinted Beaufighter Pilots
notes.
£15
Halifax Pilots Notes
Reprinted Halifax Pilots
notes.
£15
Hurricane Pilots Notes
Reprinted Hurricane Pilots
notes.
£15
Meteor Pilots Notes
Reprinted Meteor Pilots
notes.
£15
Warwick Pilots Notes
Reprinted Warwick Pilots
notes.
£15
Wellington Pilots Notes
Reprinted Wellington Pilots
notes.
£15
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Merlin XX Engine notes (pg2 pilot)
Merlin XX Engine. Schedule of spare parts. RAF Vocabulary
section No.36 DD. Air Publication 1590G(Vol.111) Lots of
drawings of engine parts, and lists of components.
Invaluable to modeller and enthusiast alike. First
generation copy. Card covers. Rapesco filing clip bound.
£60
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MK III D Navigation computer
2 (pg3 pilot)
Here is a superb piece of
History It is rare for these navigation computers to carry
a date but this one is clearly dated with a
Battle of Britain 1940 date.
In addition it has the name
Cleife scribed on the back. I did a bit of googling and
found a 1947 new years honour list with an award of an
Airforce Cross to
Flight Lieutenant
K. P. H Cleife RAF VR listed. I cannot swear this is the
same chap but its certainly an unusual name. Here is a
link to the page showing the 1947 news paper article.
There is no reference to him in the Battle of Britain role
so its likely this has been used by more than one pilot.
Air Force Cross
Instituted in 1918,
the Air Force Cross (AFC) was issued for acts of
gallantry while flying on non-active operations to
warrant officers and officers of the Royal Air Force. It
was later made available to equivalent ranks in the
Royal Navy and Army for acts of gallantry in the air
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MK III Navigation computer(pg3 pilot)
This mechanical wartime
computer was used in single seat fighter aircraft such as
the Spitfire and Hurricane. It strapped to the Pilots leg
and was used to navigate the aircraft. Its in reasonable
original condition with some slight damage to the pencil
holder see picture left. The cloth scale is quite fragile.
It is marked a nice Air ministry crown.
£75
MK III D Navigation computer 2 (pg3 pilot)
It contains original hand
written notes and I think it would certainly be worth
further investigation. The previous owner thinks that Cleife served with 268 Squadron at some stage and
continued to fly post war which would tie in with the
award in the 1947 new years honours list.
The previous owner
used it for flying for the last twenty years or so.
It works fine with the printed scrolling screen still
being clear and intact and moving smoothly and freely. As
on older example, the TAS goes from 40 to 440. As well as
solving Heading/Drift problems, it can also calculate
corrections for TAS and Density Altitude etc. It's
much nicer to use in fact
than the modern rubbish, so long as you don't mind it's
greater bulk...!
N/A
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Earphone Pad
Mint wartime replacement
earphone pad for flying helmets. A/M 10A/12161
£10
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Earphone Pad 2
Mint wartime replacement
earphone pad for flying helmets. A/M M 301
£10
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Pilots blue harness (pg1 pilot)
Pilot
harness keeps you in the seat, nice condition. Ideal for
those cockpits.
£125
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Made of some sort of white
bakelite whistles which would be
attached to aircrew and pilots life jackets during WW2 an
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Aircrew/Pilots survival whistle
Dingy Young's Lancaster the
moment when the Mohne dam was breached. The air reeks of
cordite, the night sky illuminated with the crisscross of
tracer and bursting shells as Dinghy Young's Lancaster flies
through the hail of defensive fire just a few feet above the
dam. His bomb has just exploded sending a plume of water
1000 feet into the air. Mr Young would have found a good use
for this whistle as his nick name implies he spent allot of
time in dingy's after being shot down.
£20
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Belt Lock RAF(pg1 pilot)
A really
nice early Wartime belt lock. use to keep pilots attached to their
seats.
£45
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Liberator
in action in Burma.
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Consolidated Pilots seat(pg1 Pilot)
This seat
was removed from a Catalina,
however it is identical to a seat I supplied to
Duxford IWM
a few years ago which sits in their Liberator
seen left top. The only real
difference seems to be on the under side, this seat has a
threaded bar possibly to allow the seat to swivel. As
Consolidated made both the
Catalina and Liberator I suspect
they used the same seat design. This seat as you can see is
in very good condition. It includes
the pilots safety strap.
The
Royal Air Force were assigned 602 PBY 5s and gave
them the name later adopted by the US Navy the Catalina. The
Catalina's of RAF Coastal Command played a key role in the
Battle of the Atlantic, sinking a number of German
submarines. Beyond Europe, RAF and Commonwealth Catalina's
patrolled the Indian and Pacific Oceans and flew in support
of the Allied landings in North Africa.
Early B24
Liberators supplied to the
British RAF were judged not to be combat-ready, and
were put into service as LB-30A transports. Improvements in
defensive armament produced the RAF Liberator I, which was
employed by RAF Coastal Command with ASV radar and a fixed
battery of 20mm cannon. The RAF Liberator II (equivalent to
the US Army Air Corps' Liberator B-24C) introduced powered
gun-turrets and served as a bomber in the Middle East.
£650
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Aircrew Europe Star Repro Medal (pg1 Pilot)
Here we have a really nice
aircrew Europe medal (reproduction)
ideal for collectors and renactors.
Air Operations over
Europe
Ribbon
A wide central stripe of light blue, flanked at the edges by
narrow stripes of yellow and black to symbolise the
continuous service of the Air Forces by night and day.
Criteria
The Air Crew Europe Star was earned almost exclusively by
RAF personnel.
Can only be awarded after the 1939-45
Star has been qualified for.
Aircrew Europe Star awarded for 60 additional days’ service
in an RAF Unit engaged in operational flying over Europe
from bases in the UK with at least one operational sortie.
£40
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RAF Aircrew survival (pg1 pilot)
This is
an early RAF Aircrew survival kit being an AM Crown
marked tin with all original contents apart from water
purifying tablets. Included is an issue signalling mirror,
a bakelite compass in good working order, a large AM
survival knife with flat and triangular blades, many
dressings and bandages inc burn & wound etc and an issue
water container with cup dated 1941 + govt arrow (two
pint) and; lastly a navigational map for use in a dinghy,
the map a canvas backed type and I believe waterproof. All
contained in a canvas pouch and most likely issue for
Bomber crews in tropical areas.
This item came from the Bomber County aviation museum at
Hemswell, which closed in 2005.
£350
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RAF pilots log book (pg1 Pilot)
Unused RAF pilots
log book.
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Mannequin Display Head (pg1 Pilot)
A very realistic
mannequin head for the display of flying helmets, caps and
hats . They
look allot more realistic than glass or polystyrene heads.
£85
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Morse Key (pg1 pilot)
A/M crown used in Bombers to communicate
£45
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Urinal Tube (pg 1 pilot)
I don't think there could
be a more appropriate section of the website to list this
item than pilot equipment.
Two Visitors to this
site Michael and Andrew nave identified this as a urinal
tube, yes that's right it so the pilot can relieve himself
whilst still in the air what piece of kit could be more
important than that.
This being its function I
would say its fully operational. Have been busily washing my
hands since receiving this info, spent quite a while peering
at it and polishing it LOL. This being said its a rare item
I haven't seen one before. Maybe Douglas Bader or Standford
Tuck relieved themselves through this tube ??? LOL
£85
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