1940s Aviation Objects

Antique World War II era United States Army Air Force airplane fuselage segment, mounted in a shadowbox frame and featuring the stars and bars decal ...

Lockheed Constellation desk lamp, France, late 1940s. Walnut, aluminium and glass. Measures: Width: 11.8"(30cm), depth: 10.2"(26cm), height: 4"(10cm). Delivered wired for your countr...

Elegant French airplane model mounted on a wood plinth. This nice sculptural model airplane is made with cast aluminum and has two Lucite propellers. Standing on a geometric raised s...

Fabulous and hard to find G.B. Lewis c1940 airplane propeller blade in very good condition with minimal wear. Canvas on tips is missing on one end. Oth...

This wooden airplane is a handcrafted model airplane from the 1940s. The sculpture is built on a carved base with a 360 degree swivel joint. Turn it into high flyer...

Presented is an original First Day Cover envelope signed by twelve members of the First American Volunteer Group, better known as the Flying Tigers. Acco...

A beautifully made, large World War II vintage wood airplane propeller made by S&S Winnipeg, Canada, circa 1940s, in varnished, laminated hardwood with b...

Wood airplane propeller made by Sensenich. The serial number dates this propeller to 1947. This would have been used on Aaronca, Piper and Taylorcraft pl...

A stunning hand-made oak sculpture aviation model featuring a jet airplane. Rounded stepped oak wood base with compass marquetry, a flying albatross bird, and marked "Cognac". Cognac...

This English 20th century very large mahogany airplane propeller features folded brass blade guards with copper rivets and bears the original manufacturer’s proof marks. They are har...

German Schneider observation binoculars, 10 X 80. A pair of German ex-military observation binoculars mounted on a modern aluminium cradle and gimble with vintage adjustable 'WILD' wooden tripod. The binoculars with 45º incline eyepieces and are marked D.F. 10 x 80,O dkl X, 32243. dkl is the secret manufacturing code assigned to Josef Schneider Optische Werke Bad Kreuznach (later Goettingen) by the German Army Ordnance Department. There are two knobs on the top of the binoculars, the knob on the right-hand side is for interocular distance adjustment, the left knob is for the four shade settings for the lenses, marked 'mittel - hell - klar - dunkel', medium - bright - clear - dark. The eyepieces can be focused individually and the optical quality of the lenses is remarkable and equal to any modern equivalent and having an outstanding visual clarity. This is a fine pair of binoculars with a highly polished finish, giving it a sculptural look. Size shown is without tripod. These large aperture binoculars produced during the Second World War were developed for their superior magnification and were manufactured for their specific military purposes where quality and dependability were more important than cost. They were used for long range land observation, aircraft identification...

Preparatory sketch, watercolor, of a poster about the aeronautical competition Gran Premio Milano on 19th September 1948, depicting three types of flying machines, made by Riccardo C...