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This is a genuine Second World War aircraft cannon case manufactured during \u003cstrong data-start=\"563\" data-end=\"571\"\u003e1943\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of the busiest years of British wartime ammunition production.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"641\" data-end=\"1009\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong data-start=\"645\" data-end=\"651\"\u003eK2\u003c\/strong\u003e manufacturer's code identifies \u003cstrong data-start=\"683\" data-end=\"707\"\u003eKynoch Factory No. 2\u003c\/strong\u003e, located at \u003cstrong data-start=\"720\" data-end=\"749\"\u003eStandish, Gloucestershire\u003c\/strong\u003e (an ICI\/Kynoch wartime factory). 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data-end=\"1127\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"1097\" data-end=\"1105\"\u003e1943\u003c\/strong\u003e – Year of manufacture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"a5asfw\" data-start=\"1128\" data-end=\"1183\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"1130\" data-end=\"1138\"\u003e20MM\u003c\/strong\u003e – 20×110mm Hispano aircraft cannon cartridge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1185\" data-end=\"1382\"\u003eOriginally loaded as a \u003cstrong data-start=\"1208\" data-end=\"1228\"\u003e20×110mm Hispano\u003c\/strong\u003e round, this case was intended for the famous \u003cstrong data-start=\"1274\" data-end=\"1291\"\u003eHispano Mk II\u003c\/strong\u003e aircraft cannon, one of the RAF's most effective aircraft weapons of the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1384\" data-end=\"1466\"\u003eThe Hispano cannon armed many of Britain's most famous combat aircraft, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1468\" 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