Hi guys,
This is my first time here. I recently found three aircraft ID plates in a garage clean-up in Melbourne, Australia. I have been advised they are from a Lancaster Bomber. Another enthusiast has written to me recently that “from modification numbers we can identify that they have come from the Port Aileron.” But he also went on to say that the individual aircraft could not be identified. Would anyone from this group be able to offer anymore information about the origins or history of these plates? Or any other research paths I should follow? I assume I am in the right sub-thread/branch here but if I am not please accept my humble apologies in advance.
Yours,
Ronald Carr
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By: Peter - 22nd January 2018 at 01:15
Mod 505 is Introduction of trimmer and controls for port aileron
893 Introduction of stiffeners at aileron hinges
By: Peter - 22nd January 2018 at 00:27
The Mod numbers should give a clue as to where they were installed…
By: Ronalddc - 22nd January 2018 at 00:04
Thank you chaps. I appreciate you both taking the time to reply and share your wisdom. All the best.
Ronald
By: pogno - 20th January 2018 at 08:42
As Rocketeer has said these are the plates that would have been attached to a component, they give the manufacturers part number, the items serial number and the modification state of the specific part. The type of component they would have been attached to would be something that could be removed and replaced such as all the flying controls, engines, undercarriage, doors, pumps, props etc.
Once removed the item would have been sent to a workshop for assessment and then either repaired and returned to the stores for reissue (possibly back to the aircraft it came from) or scrapped, that repair cycle could happen any number of times.
Only if the item was in some way specific to a particular aircraft would the registration possibly be shown on the plate, an example might be a door that had been trimmed and altered to fit a specific aircraft, possibly due to that airframe differing from standard.
Richard
By: Rocketeer - 19th January 2018 at 21:02
Welcome. Unfortunately these are component MoD plates so unless the tail number is stamped on them or on back, no chance. Nice items though, esp one with Lancaster on it
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