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Blériot XXVII
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1911-1939, London, Hangar Two, 85/A/226
The Blériot XXVII, dating from 1911, was built for speed. This streamlined single-seat racing monoplane with a rotary engine, shared many construction features with other contemporary Blériot monoplanes, such as the shoulder-mounted wing.
German One Mark Banknote
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1914-1918, In Storage, X003-7956
RAF officers in German prisoner of war camps in 1918 were able to cash cheques and purchase items from their German captors. This note was brought back from Bayreuth prisoner camp by former prisoner of war Lieutenant Wilfred Harry Pollard.
Control Car, Armstrong Whitworth R.33
Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1920, In Storage, X002-8227
The front section of the forward control car of HMA R.33
Royal Flying Corps Type A Camera
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1915-1918, London, Hangar Two, 69/I/1320
This hand-held, glass plate camera was designed by the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and manufactured by the Thornton Pickard Camera Company for aerial photography.
Hucks Starter
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1915, 1995/0050/V
Most aircraft engines had to be started by swinging the propeller by hand until Captain Bentfield Hucks invented the Hucks Starter just after the First World War. It could start engines more quickly and with less risk of accidents.
Caudron G3
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1916-1937, London, Hangar Two, 72/A/1620
Popular, tough and reliable, the Caudron first flew in 1914.
Flying Helmet Mark I
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1917-1930, London, Hangar One, X002-6497
The original RAF flying helmet. This pattern of helmet was first issued to the Royal Flying Corps in 1916 and continued in service with the RAF into the 1930s.
Sopwith Triplane
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1917-1937, London, Hangar Two, 74/A/19
The Triplane was a highly manoeuvrable single-seat scout with phenomenal rates of climb and roll. The arrival of the Triplane on the Western Front in early 1917 made such an impression on the Germans that they asked their manufacturers to produce triplane fighters, leading to the Fokker Dr1 of 'Red Baron' fame.
Scotch Jock the Teddy Bear
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1917-1918, London, Hangar Two, 1987/1757/C
Scotch Jock was the teddy bear mascot of Lieutenant William MacLanachan while he was a fighter pilot in the Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front during the First World War.
SE5A Interplane Strut
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1917-1918, Cosford, Hangar Two, 72/A/508
Jones retained the strut as a souvenir of his combats, and used it like an autograph book. The signatories include William MacLanachan, nicknamed 'McScotch'. His teddy bear mascot Scotch Jock is on display at the RAF Museum London.
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