The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Mechanical computor comprising a cast metal box, open on top. The opening is covered with a 3mm thick sheet of perspex, fastened to the box with 6 slot headed screws. Interior of box is fitted with a drum on which is attached a single sheet of thick glossy paper. There are four separate printed scales on the paper. Two external wheels allow the user to dial in height and speed individually. Box is fitted with flanges to mount to aircraft. Finish is matt black in colour. A 20 mm long threaded attachment on the right hand side allows attachment of a connector cable to a separate bombsight.
Cast into body is Air Ministry serial number AM0487. The reference plate on side includes title of computer and store ref 9/2652 and serial number 1178/43.
Low level bombsight Mark III computor was designed for use up to 1,000 feet and developed primarily for the bombing of submarines at low level. The computor was used in conjunction with a separate Low level bombsight. The bombsight had a moving vertical graticule, the speed of which would have been governed by the bomb aimer's manipulations of the computor.
Cardboard container for emergency computor for the Mk XIV bombsight . An emergency computor for a Mk XIV bombsight was contained in this box. The computor relates to the service of Flight Sergeant
Official RAF training film produced by Science Films Ltd London. Uses animated diagrams to show the principles of the low level bomb sight Mk III. Explains the bombing angle and the factors that deter
Cast iron rectangular box with a 1cm flange around the lower edge. The flange is fastened to a corresponding flat plate. The flang and the plate are drilled and tapped to accomodate threaded cheese-he
Embroidered half wing brevet comprising the letter 'O' in white cotton with a wing extending from its right hand side. The brevet is on a black woollen background, and has been crudely stitched to a
A boxed example of an Air Ministry-issue Royal Air Force (RAF) Mark III black rubber oxygen tube adapter (reference number 6D/481) issued in 1941 for use with the type E, E* G and H molded rubber mask
Small sighting telescope with knurled knob for adjusting eyepiece graticule. Graticule consists of single crosshairs with range markings and '2PDR' (2 pounder). Optical tube is of steel with brass adj
