The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Fragment of timber from Baron Manfred von Richthofen's Fokker Dr 1 propeller. The facing surface shows traces of an AXIAL propeller-maker's decal. This fragment is comprised of birch, but retains a small portion of one of the propellor's mahogany laminations.
The relic was obtained by 396 Pte. Thomas Bell, a regimental stretcher-bearer with the 44th Bn. A.I.F., from Baron von Richthofen's aircraft following the shooting down of the Baron on 21 April 1918. Although this item is only a fragment, it provides the only definitive proof of the manufacturer of Richthofen's propellor, as well as providing further evidence of the laminated nature and timber species from which it was fabricated.
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
Portion of one of the mahogany laminations from the propeller from the aeroplane flown by Captain Manfred von Richthofen, who was brought down at 11-15am on 21 April 1918 near Corbie. The fragment is
Section of propeller blade from the Fokker Dr 1 aircraft flown by the German ace Baron von Richthofen. 7 1/2" x 3 1/2" x 5/8" thick. Commonwealth Scientific Industrial and Research Organisation e
Portion of the propeller from the aeroplane flown by Captain Manfred von Richthofen, who was brought down at 11-15am on 21 April 1918 near Corbie. CSIRO examination in 1995 shows this piece to be made
Small portion of aircraft propeller 3" x 1 1/2" x 1/2" labelled: "Part of the propeller of the Red Falcon of the 11th "Jagdstaffel" flown by Richthofen. Brought down near Corbie.” Commonwealth Scienti
A Carl Bamberg manufactured compass removed from Rittmeister Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen's Fokker Dr1 triplane on 21 April 1918 immediately after he was shot down. The compass is pivot mo
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