propeller, BLUE NOSE
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19580010-001
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Les fils de regy frères
- Date Made --
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - United Kingdom
- Category Distribution and transportation artifacts
- Sub-category Aerospace transportation accessory
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Brand Name / Model NIEUPORT 17
- Inscription ON DECAL ATTACHED TO BOTH BLADES: HELICES OVER (INTERTWINED FR) INSIDE (CIRCULAR BORDER) WITH LES FILS DE REGY FRERES-PARIS; STAMPED ON RIGHT SIDE OF HUB: SERIE 354; NO.2097; W; ON LEFT SIDE OF HUB: NIE XXIII; HA 9 J
- Materials Walnut, Aluminum, Steel
- Service Component Royal Flying Corps
- Measurements Length 245.0 cm, Width 39.0 cm, Depth 34.5 cm
- Caption William Avery BISHOP, VC, CB, DSO*, MC, DFC, ED
- Additional Information Bishop won the Victoria Cross during an action at Cambrai, France, on 2 June 1917. His citation reads: "For most conspicuous bravery, determination and skill. Captain Bishop, who had been sent out to work independently, flew first of all to an enemy aerodrome; finding no machine about, he flew on to another aerodrome about three miles south-east, which was at least twelve miles the other side of the line. Seven machines, some with their engines running, were on the ground. He attacked these from about fifty feet, and a mechanic, who was starting one of the engines, was seen to fall. One of the machines got off the ground, but at a height of sixty feet, Captain Bishop fired fifteen rounds into it at very close range, and it crashed to the ground. A second machine got off the ground, into which he fired thirty rounds at 150 yards range, and it fell into a tree. Two more machines then rose from the aerodrome. One of these he engaged at a height of 1,000 feet emptying the rest of his drum of ammunition. This machine crashed 300 yards from the aerodrome, after which Captain Bishop emptied a whole drum into the fourth hostile machine, and flew back to his station. Four hostile scouts were about 1,000 feet above him for about a mile of his return journey, but they would not attack. His machine was very badly shot about by machine-gun fire from the ground."
- Caption Bishop's war trophies
- Additional Information Billy Bishop took (this) keepsake from his Nieuport 17 fighter planes. Both had personal significance. His nickname, "Blue Nose", came from the blue tip of this propeller. The windscreen was shot through in combat on 8 April 1917, the day Bishop reached five kills and officially became an ace.