Hi, Sorry, I never saw your question about the rotating components. On later Benjamin’s such as these, because the motor is accessed from the rear , rather than above like earlier war Benjamin’s and Federals. I suggest opening the back and if electro motor spray has an extension tube, you can try hitting the copper. If not take the motor out and spray it. If you do it with the extension concentrator don’t hit front plate as the spray can erode the rubber gasket and the lack of suction will affect the sound negatively :

Hi again Matt,   Sorry to bug you, but what is the best way to get access to the unit history for 878 Airborne Engineer Aviation Bn? We are trying to work out when they arrived in England and left (possibly for Market Garden), but it's not easy searching on the National Archives.   Janine

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Hey Dan,   Thank you for the links and screenshots of these documents! I cannot remember where I saw the company "E" but I'll keep an eye out on that. These papers are going to be very helpful for his information binder. The digging continues!   Thanks again for the help! Hayden

I had to look it up!

I know the Honolulu is special to you! I wanted to give it a Kastauffer worthy write up!

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Hello. Saw that on ebay as well. Nice that it is a Cairo retailed pith helmet. I though the name and way it was written was American and perhaps the badge was added. There was a William Owen Pelkey that was an American that served in the R.N.W.M.P. and there is a Canadian military attestation form for him on-line dated 1917. I did not find him in the London Gazette which might indicate he was not part of the British Armed Forces (British officers will typically be mentioned there). These "Bombay bowlers" were popular with American CBI officers as well and there were some that came through Cairo. You might try the American angle. He might have become an officer and served in the CBI theater with and American unit. I took the number as 0-483281. British officers didn't seem to write their service numbers in their uniform items very often in my experience and I collect British militaria.