Spitfire Parts

Still looking for the parts above, plus fixtures, fittings , brackets and stiffeners etc for spitfire frame 5 firewall and any windscreen assembly parts. Please send me a PM if you have anything available.

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Still looking for the parts above, plus fixtures, fittings , brackets and stiffeners etc for spitfire frame 5 firewall and any windscreen assembly parts. Please send me a PM if you have anything available.

I noticed that Graham Adlam on the Spitfire Spares site had some of the metal tail formers and parts for sale but I didn’t know that somebody had actually supplied tail parts as a kit a few years ago. That would save some work.

Wasn,t someone remaking tail plane parts as a kit quite a few years ago?
We have drawings if your capable of mashing some metal..

Just bringing this back to the top.

Especially looking for any empennage parts.

Thanks for the additional information on this. Looks like it could remain a mystery however I will keep on hunting.

Johnnie

Certainly looks like an Armstrong Whitworth inspectors stamp, however I don’t recognise the number. Not Whitley and probably not Albemarle either. AW did make Lancasters – it’s possible it originated from one of them. I’ve never been clear on Lanc part no’s.

Thanks for all of the replies to this. Pete, you are correct with the number on the core plug.

I had wondered if the wings might have been added as they appeared brand new rather than original so thank you for confirming that.

Would the part number on the panel suggest a Spitfire? Could anybody tell me what the part number prefix is for a Spitfire?

Many thanks,

Johnnie

No number on the panel to say that its from a spitfire. For fuselage it would have to be some thing like 30027 – ? for a mark 1 or 36127-? for a mark IX. For wing it would have to be 30008-? for mark 1.

Steve

Sect/ref numbers and a/c codes etc on this link,but it does not cover all a/c codes

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=39650&highlight=sect%2Fref

looks like spitfires have 300 series numbers

cheers baz

The ‘AW’ and number stamp in the oval surely is an Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft inspectors stamp.
The ‘179’ also might be the code for a specific aircraft type but I do not know many a/c code numbers

cheers baz

Thanks for all of the replies to this. Pete, you are correct with the number on the core plug.

I had wondered if the wings might have been added as they appeared brand new rather than original so thank you for confirming that.

Would the part number on the panel suggest a Spitfire? Could anybody tell me what the part number prefix is for a Spitfire?

Many thanks,

Johnnie

spitfire parts

Hi all, the panel with the semi-circular cut out is very similar to the removable panel on either side of a spitfire fin where the elevator passes through. I expect this could be said for a number of planes though.

Steve

Johnnie
The screwed-in core plug is KB7255, not K87575 and is common to various Rolls-Royce engines.
I don`t recognise the casting so it may well be from a Griffon.

Pete

The existence of the flying helmet part and oxygen mask do not have to have any macabre associations. Standard procedure when baling out was to discard all headgear to prevent any entaglement. I can think of a great many examples of headgear being found in aircraft where the crew actually survived. Mark12 might even be persuaded to post a photograph of a notable recent example…..

Not Douglas Bader but Don Bostock…his helmet recovered from Spitfire MA764 in France, in November 2005.

The helmet is seen here cleaned prior to presentation to Mrs Bostock. Don Bostock evaded capture and returned to the UK to fight another day.

The aircraft remains currently form the basis of a restoration project to flight.

Mark

Would agree with Ian that the photo and wings are most likely to be “set dressing” and unrelated to the aircraft parts.

I do not recognise the panel with the cut-out or the part numbers but doubtless somebody will.

The existence of the flying helmet part and oxygen mask do not have to have any macabre associations. Standard procedure when baling out was to discard all headgear to prevent any entaglement. I can think of a great many examples of headgear being found in aircraft where the crew actually survived. Mark12 might even be persuaded to post a photograph of a notable recent example…..

I think I am correct in saying that the Spit XIV photo was taken at Friston.

I took the parts from the board when I first bought them, and that is why I know the back (or outer leather) has been covered in waht looks like PVA glue, however there is no sign of the id of the aircraft. Out of interest the helmet also seems to have been named at some time, however only the letter D (start of the name) is clear.

As I mentioned it was bought many yaers back when I would buy anything aircraft related, however I have been involved in aviation recovery for quite a few years now and wish I had been able to find out more about the aircraft. I did wonder if the photo of the aircraft shown might be the aircraft involved. When we have recovered items we always try to display them with a photo of the aircraft involved, however I do wonder if the photo has just been added to show what a Spitfire looked like. I suppose I will never know.

Johnnie

Hello Johnnie, the mask looks like a type H which came into use right at the end of the war, so probably a late mark Spit. The condition suggests it was picked up from a hillside rather than dug out of the ground. The RR on the casting would be Rolls Royce. No idea about the other parts although I would imagine the photo and wings are for decoration rather than relating to the actual aircraft. Have you taken the bits off the board in case the serial is written on the back? Not ‘Aviation Archaeology’s’ greatest day. Only buy from a registered accredited seller with badge and certificate.