Wed May 26, 2021 9:08 am
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not sure if this should be in Aviation section or not?
I've been helping out some Canadian families try to discover where a Handley Page Halifax came down close to our village in 1944, with 6 of the 7 lost in the crash. A request for information went on our local FaceBook group - and one of my neighbours popped up that she had a propellor in her garden
3 of us went to have a look, one of the others being a retired aero engineer with a "thing" for engines and props. Unfortunately, it's far too rusted (the prop - not the engineer), the spinner cap is lost without trace, and the only brass ring we found had no serial-type numbers on it.
The current property owner only knows it was in the woodland at the bottom of her property when she bought the place, and the house was built in the early 50s - although the woodland was there before. It's not impossible the original house owner had it as just a fun thing to have around.
Not necessarily asking if anyone on here can figure out what it is/is from (although that would be cool), but point me in the right direction?
It's clearly not from a WWII heavy bomber, that's obvious - but we are now curious to know what it could have come from!
The aero engineer suggests the only way to find intact serial numbers is to cut the thing open - which is an option - but he is intrigued by what look like some sort of external adjusting mechanism for each of the props. He thinks that's unusual enough that it might help get it identified - that's the last photo in the list. There also does seem to be a bit of reddish paint.
The photo with a stamped number comes from an alloy ring on the outside of the main hub.
Prop length will have been longer obviously, we just measured based on what was there.
Ends of the props show a bit of what could well have been "in service" damage - but hard to tell. The fact that parts seem to have been removed by hand makes me thinks it's something bought at a flea market or whatever.
Ideas what it's from? Thx!
I've been helping out some Canadian families try to discover where a Handley Page Halifax came down close to our village in 1944, with 6 of the 7 lost in the crash. A request for information went on our local FaceBook group - and one of my neighbours popped up that she had a propellor in her garden
3 of us went to have a look, one of the others being a retired aero engineer with a "thing" for engines and props. Unfortunately, it's far too rusted (the prop - not the engineer), the spinner cap is lost without trace, and the only brass ring we found had no serial-type numbers on it.
The current property owner only knows it was in the woodland at the bottom of her property when she bought the place, and the house was built in the early 50s - although the woodland was there before. It's not impossible the original house owner had it as just a fun thing to have around.
Not necessarily asking if anyone on here can figure out what it is/is from (although that would be cool), but point me in the right direction?
It's clearly not from a WWII heavy bomber, that's obvious - but we are now curious to know what it could have come from!
The aero engineer suggests the only way to find intact serial numbers is to cut the thing open - which is an option - but he is intrigued by what look like some sort of external adjusting mechanism for each of the props. He thinks that's unusual enough that it might help get it identified - that's the last photo in the list. There also does seem to be a bit of reddish paint.
The photo with a stamped number comes from an alloy ring on the outside of the main hub.
Prop length will have been longer obviously, we just measured based on what was there.
Ends of the props show a bit of what could well have been "in service" damage - but hard to tell. The fact that parts seem to have been removed by hand makes me thinks it's something bought at a flea market or whatever.
Ideas what it's from? Thx!
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