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So…. i found some more details around this, in particular that confirm that ‘cabin blower’ is indeed a term used for cabin pressurisation pumps. I also found some pictures of the Marshall ‘cabin air pump’ or ‘cabin blower’ or ‘cabin superchargers’ like that fitted to the Spitfire The Marshall...

This one? British Thomson-Houston - Wikipedia

Thanks for the replies, i am also a bit confused by the Rotax company timeline in relation to the current Rotax company selling small specialist engines, however i did find this which does fit with the WW2 aviation side, Rotax being a wholly owned subsidiary of Lucas around WW2 time. This is...

The cabin pump references I’ve since found refer to an air pump ‘manufactured by Marshall’

I didn’t make much sense to me when I was writing that either, although I thought I’d better stick with what I remembered, just in case. I can’t find a sausage for “Rotax M3102”

I have a very vague recollection of my dad mentioning this was a cabin pump perhaps for one of these aircraft. Does anyone know if that is true? Searching for the make and model finds nothing. I think he picked this up for an idea for a supercharger for a motor bike once upon a time…