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Objects and Photos of the First World War > Equipment and Vehicles > Air Force Material

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Fuel Gauge of Bristol Fighter
Second Lieutenant Ernest Gordon Shafer kept this fuel gauge indicator from his Bristol fighter following a crash over Holland in 1919. The gauge contains a piece of Shafer's upper femur which was embedded in the indicator during the crash.

Petrol Gauge
CWM 19770277-007
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