This strange device was donated to our museum this week. It is some 4 meters long, and is ahollow metal tube/pipe with on one side some grips from/on which a bomb/mine can be hung. In all it is unusual strong made. As we can not identify it, maybe someone here knows what it is, and from which type it came. It is so big that some don’t even belief it came from an aircraft wreck, but more probably from a ship. BW Roger
By: EHVB - 28th March 2004 at 22:39
Thanks everybody for the help. Guess it is time to clean it now and put it on display with the remains of a Stirling that was salvaged years ago, and has been on show in the museum since. BW Roger
By: Whitley_Project - 28th March 2004 at 15:09
Nice one Cees!
By: HP57 - 28th March 2004 at 11:29
Correct, it’s from a Stirling
Cees
By: Last Lightning - 28th March 2004 at 11:23
It looks very well preserved what happened to the rest of it?
By: EHVB - 28th March 2004 at 11:21
Considering the form and size, and the fact that it can only hold 1 bomb, you could be right Kev. BW Roger
By: kev35 - 27th March 2004 at 23:29
Just a wild stab in the dark, but could it be from the internal wing rack on a Stirling?
Regards,
kev35
By: Whitley_Project - 27th March 2004 at 23:27
Originally posted by srpatterson
I can’t imagine that this was ever fitted to an aircraft (especially if it is made of steel). Must weight a ton!It looks like something you would launch a torpedo from. My vote would be ship, not aircraft.
Don’t you just love a mystery!
PS I’ve got a whole pile of scrap iron out back. How much tax credit did you give to the guy who donated it? 🙂
Hmm I would say it’s almost certainly from an aircraft but the bomb steady doesn’t look like a typical British one to me.
By: srpatterson - 27th March 2004 at 23:16
I can’t imagine that this was ever fitted to an aircraft (especially if it is made of steel). Must weight a ton!
It looks like something you would launch a torpedo from. My vote would be ship, not aircraft.
Don’t you just love a mystery!
PS I’ve got a whole pile of scrap iron out back. How much tax credit did you give to the guy who donated it? 🙂
By: EHVB - 27th March 2004 at 22:57
No, this is the only pic I took so far. Couldn’t find any text on it either. We’ll have a closer look on thursday. BW Roger
By: Whitley_Project - 27th March 2004 at 22:54
Re: Unknown WW2 wreckage
Originally posted by Roger S
This strange device was donated to our museum this week. It is some 4 meters long, and is hollow metal tube with on one side some grips from/on which a bomb/mine can be hung. In all it is unusual strong made. As we can not identify it, maybe someone here knows what it is, and from which type it came. It is so big that some don’t even belief it came from an aircraft wreck, but more probably from a ship. BW Roger
Interesting picture Roger
Any close ups or part numbers?
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