RAF Mark II

Liquid compass
The remains of a Mk II compass recovered from a machine which crashed and was burnt out in France in 1918. Consists of empty shattered copper bowl, spherical.
O.A. dimensions 5.0" (12.7cm)

Object Details

ID: ACO0311
Type: Liquid compass bowl - aircraft
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: 1918
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory
Measurements: Overall: 125 mm; Diameter: 135 mm