25th Jan, 2018 10:00

New Year Catalogue Sale

 
Lot 521
 

521

A RARE MAHOGANY PROPELLER FROM A 1915 WW1 FE8 AIRCRAFT these aircrafts where a single seater fighter used in the first world war, the propellers are mounted on the rear so the pilot could fire his machine gun. The Royal Aircraft factory only made 220 FE8's. The propeller is signed 'DARRACQ MOTOR ENGINEERING CO. LONDON' and numbered '2835' measuring 244cm wide  prov. Belonged to the late Ken Ellwood- local historian and aviator

Sold for £4,200


 

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