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- OBJECT TYPE
- Distance Reading Compass
- DATE
- 1944
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2003.0657.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- England
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General Information
- Serial #
- CA/385
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- brass
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 3.5 cm
- Width
- 1.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Commemorative
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Europe
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- WWII (1939-1945); the Lancaster bomber from which the object came crashed on landing on June 7, 1944
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
used to operate distance reading comapss aboard Lancaster bomber on which original user (Lanktree) was Navigator; kept by Lanktree as souvenir after aircraft ground looped while landing on return from mission due to damage caused by enemy action - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- stamped lettering under crown on handle reads: "AM"; lettering stamped into metal on handle reads: "CA/ 385" [lower edge obscured from wear]
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- brazen
- Decoration
- Air Ministry crown stamped into metal on handle
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Unknown Manufacturer, Key, circa 1944, Artifact no. 2003.0657, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0657.001/
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