This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Germany
ARMAMENT-Guns
D.W.M. (Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken)
Georges Marie Ludovic Jules Guynemer, French, 1894 - 1917
Steel LMG 08 aircraft machine gun with peforated water jacket with mounting brackets and synchronizer actuator. Missing top and back plates, return spring and cover, and feed block. Wood from aircraft still attached to rear mount.. Dirt from crash embedded in water jacket.
3-D: 96 × 42 × 55cm (37 13/16 × 16 9/16 × 21 5/8 in.)
Steel
A19480010000
Transferred from the U.S. Air force
National Air and Space Museum
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