Military Aviation
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of about 530 objects relating to military aviation during World War I and World War II. This collection includes the exceptional Vickers-Armstrong Supermarine Spitfire LA198 – a late Mark 21 Spitfire dating from 1947 and the last surviving Spitfire flown by 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron. Supporting the aircraft is a collection of oral history taken from the pilots who served with this squadron and flew Spitfires during the Battle of Britain. There are also around 500 commemorative pieces, photographs, signatures and other ephemera donated by other World War II pilots. Several aircraft parts form the remainder of the collection, of which the most significant is a Beardmore propeller from a World War I fighter aircraft, a Heine propeller from a Fokker fighter aircraft of the same period, and a French-designed Gnome Rhone rotary engine. Other items in the collection, donated by the Ministry of Defence, are from a World War II German aircraft. These include a propeller hub and spinner, possibly from a Messerschmitt, two compasses and four Mercedes-Benz carburettors. There is also a bomb release lever, a Beardmore mechanical lubricator and five similar pieces from Bentley.
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