Auckland War Memorial

[Des]

David Wilson has sent me these photos that he took while at the Auckland War Memorial, many thanks David.

This photo shows the Avro 504 and SE.5a propellers



A Wotan propeller from a Siemens Schuckert D.III





Propellers from the Avro 504, the SE.5a and the Nieuport 17



Image of a WW1 flying coat (true to colour)



This photo shows the same flying jacket but without the flash on the camera, David said that the first image with flash is a true to colour photo of the flying coat. This is a very good example of how we can be mislead by colours in photographs.



The next three photos show detail of a captured D.VII Spandau machine gun

[Jacek]

Cool pictures, particularly interested me propeller for Ni 17 thank you.

[lcarroll]

Thanks for this, very nice! Great detail on the Spandau.
Cheers,
Lance

[Ernie]

Great pictures, Des! Thank you.
Hey, that Spandau looks just like Bo's.
(sorry, wanted to be the first to say it  )

Cheers,
Ernie

[pepperman42]

Nice pics. Just want to be sure - the re-charging lever is the thing that looks like a big knuckle duster not the small (wooden?) knob above the "cog" teeth?

Steve

[uncletony]

Nice pics. Just want to be sure - the re-charging lever is the thing that looks like a big knuckle duster not the small (wooden?) knob above the "cog" teeth?

Steve

From what I can work out they both do the same thing, but the small lever is pushed forward to charge the gun (awkward, I guess, in cramped cockpit) the big lever is pulled back.

[uncletony]

Actually the "wooden" handle is deceptive -- the knob is steel, in this case rusty so it looks like it might be a lovely hunk of oak or something.

Notice too the details of the safety at the rear of the gun. That's something I want to try to tackle next time.

[Dave in Dubai]

Hi Bo,

Here is an image from another angle of a Spandau as displayed in the Museum of Flight at Bieing Field, Seattle , which I took last week.
You can just see that some of the components are made from what looks like brass, and the steel colour of the cocking handle is apparent.
I have also seen the Spandau in the New Zealand War Memorial, Auckland which is in poorer condition as seen in the previous pictures.

Dave

[uncletony]

awesome! thank you for sharing that, Dave.

Folks, this is the style of cocking levers that belongs in your Albatrosen and Fokker Dr.1s

[Zabu]

Very nice!

Thank you for sharing.

Cheers

[pepperman42]

Ah - so no big knuckle duster lever?

Steve

[Dave in Dubai]

Glad to be able to help out!

Here is another, again from the Seattle Museum of Flight which had a display of a German seatbelt, some Bosch spark plugs, a small Albatross logo, and a few other bits and pieces.
They all came from Doug Champlins collection.

Sorry the pictures aren't as sharp as I would like, but I was photographing through glass display cabinets and in very low light conditions. A pity as it is quite difficult to take pictures in these conditions.

Some interesting artifacts here if you ever get the opportunity to visit.

[uncletony]

super, thank you for sharing!

[Ernie]

Thanks for the photo, Dave.  Really interesting.

Cheers,
Ernie