United Kingdom. An R.F.C. Pilot's Compass MKII, 259 Pattern, c.1915 Buy Now or blackened bronze

or blackened bronze

1918 in Schafstädt (eastern Germany)

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On New Year's Day 1918 he was on his way to a training camp in Canada

Ontario when he signed his Particulars of Recruit Drafted Under Military Service Act 1917

United Kingdom. An R.F.C. Pilot's Compass MKII, 259 Pattern, c.1915 Buy Now or blackened bronzeDesigned by Captain Creagh Osborne and manufactured by the Hughes Dent company beginning in 1913, this company was employed in RFC and RAF aircraft beginning in 1915. Predominantly used in the sopwith Camel, the compass features a circular bowl, with a flat glass cover, and is in a vertical position. The expansion chamber is on the front of the glass. The lubber line is painted on the inside of the glass. It is thus aft of the card which, in view of