AN ENGLISH MAHOGANY BRISTOL BULLDOG PROPELLER
1932
The propeller with markings to suggest it was fitted to a Bristol Mercury IV S.2 Radial cooled aircraft engine, dated May 1932, with brass leading edge covers, 306cm long
Estimate: |
£500 - £700
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Hammer price:
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£400 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Provenance:
The vendor acquired this from a private collection of early aeroplane propellers.
The provenance is obscure but it is believed that
it was found in an Italian mountain village.
The Bulldog was a sophisticated and powerful biplane and one of the last of the RAF's frontline biplane fighters. It was replaced in 1937 by the Hurricane. It was in one of these Bulldogs that the RAF fighter ace, Douglas Bader, became one of the RAF's leading air pilots.