The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An approximately rectangular section of fabric with two distinct paint layers on its surface. The base coat is an almost transparent finish with a slight touch of brown. The top coat is a red finish. The reverse side does not bear any finish but is inscribed with black ink ‘fabric RICHTHOFENS FOKKER TRIPLANE after salvage 1918’ The fabric is also marked ‘AWM15899’ in biro. Thread count: 22 threads/cm x 22 threads/cm, 1:1 plain weave.
The sample is accompanied by a photograph clipped from a newspaper and glued to a piece of olive green cardboard. The photograph depicts German military personnel standing by the cockpit of Fokker Dr.I triplane Serial FI 102/17. Circled on the photograph is detail of the entry step and longeron. These items were also given to the Memorial by the donor.
Fabric cut from the Fokker Dr 1 Triplane flown by Manfred Von Richthofen.
Two part leather strap and buckle which have been cut from a garment. One section has a natural leather tongue with eight adjustment holes, while the other, also of natural leather, ends in a black pa
Control column from a Fokker Dr I aircraft, serial No 425/17. The head of the control column has been twisted / distorted to the right about forty-five degrees and slightly upward. It has at least two
Flier's knee high left overboot, custom-made from narrow sections of pelts, possibly deer, with the fur side being outermost. The pelts have been sewn together vertically with linen thread using the '
A length of wing strut removed from Rittmeister Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen's Fokker Dr1 triplane soon after he was shot down on 21 April 1918. The strut, of distinct aerofoil shape, has
A section of German machine gun ammunition belt as used with Maxim MG08 and LMG08 guns and associated development models. The belt is of the 'Ersatz pattern' believed to have been introduced to servic
Consists of two pieces of fabric. The first has a finished surface of two layers,. The base layer is a partially transparent layer of varnish with a light brown colouration while the top layer is a si
An approximately rectangular section of fabric, finished with two layers; a light blue/grey layer underneath and a red layer on top. The fabric is marked on the reverse with a circular ink stamp 47mm
Consists of a piece of pink blotting paper, a fabric sample and a white envelope. The blotting paper bears numerous imprints in ink and a mark on the right hand side that matches the fabric sample. Th
A length of wing strut removed from Rittmeister Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen's Fokker Dr1 triplane soon after he was shot down on 21 April 1918. The strut, of distinct aerofoil shape, has
This artifact consists of two objects: one is a fragment of aircraft linen, painted light blue, with a red painted surface overlaying that. The other item is a piece of paper, to which is adhered red
Piece of fabric from the wing of a Fokker DR1 aircraft. One side is covered with red paint, which appears to have been applied as the first coat over the underlying linen. The red paint is an almost e
