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Image: Vickers Challenger synchroniser (Bristol Scout)

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Description: Young pilot in cockpit of a Bristol Scout biplane. A machine gun is fitted, synchronised to fire through the propeller by a Vickers-Challenger interrupter gear. Taken mid/late 1916.
Title: Vickers Challenger synchroniser (Bristol Scout)
Credit: Roberts, e.g. Boxkites and beyond, Melbourne, Hawthorn Press, 1976
Author: An unknown member of the Australian Flying Corps, 1916
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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