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Although the colour is similar to the green paint used internally on many WWII British aircraft, the filler cap is the same as that found on a Boeing Stearman, so this cap is not a British design. Also you aren't going to get much flow out of this tank. If you assume that the filler neck is...

That part number is a left over from the North American Aviation part numbering system and this seat looks 99% like it has come from an Australian built Wirraway Trainer, which was a licenced built NA-16-2K or NA-33 aircraft. Even the paint looks like Royal Australian Air Force RAAF silver. Is...

His most innovative work during WWII was being Chief Engineer on the CA-15 fighter which was initially designed with an R2800 engine. The final version that was built and flown (a one-off prototype) was powered by a Rolls Royce Griffon.