The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Altimeter from German aircraft. No brand name but logo showing a bird with a lightning bolt underneath. The face has printed on it:
Höche in Km
D.R.P.a
N.S.
Nr 26878
The scale from 0 to 8 is graduated so that the spaces are closer together as height rises. A knurled screw 20 mm diameter at the top allows the dial to be set with the needle at ground altitude. The instrument was attached at three points - 10, 2 and 6 o'clock. One has been broken off at 2 o'clock position. The outer casing is 131 mm diameter. It is 32 mm deep on the side and fits over the bottom bowl section and is held in place by six screws to give an overall depth of 37 mm. The bottom bowl is approximate 112 mm diameter.
German aircraft instrument. Provenance is unknown.
Altimeter from German aircraft shot down by Australians on the Somme 1917. (part of the MC Collection). The instrument comprises a green-grey coloured bowl to which the upper cylindrical portion appr
Aircraft instrument used to give the fore and aft levels of the machine. The instrument is circular in shape, the outer support ring being 105 mm in diameter. The instrument case rises approx. 15 mm
German aircraft fuel gauge. Manufacturer Huttenlocher Standmesser, Berlin, S.W.68. D.R.P.u. AUSL. PAT NO. 3. Serial No. 1566 is stamped into case. The dial continues around the white face. The outer c
Temperature gauge in a brass case. A thermostat is attached to the guage via a 3mm diameter copper tube. The tube is coiled for storage. The face of the instrument is marked : S. Smith & Sons
Metal fabricated top section of a joystick from an Italian aircraft. The joystick is 260 mm long (270 mm to top of button at rest). The item is in four distinct parts. 1. The top knurled knob. 2. A k
8-day aircraft clock Mk II C. The clock is housed in a round, black metal casing with a rectangular base. The black dial is marked in luminous paint with the numbers '1' through to '12', and minute gr
