I acquired this piece of wreckage years ago and have finally got around to trying to identify it. It is reported to be from a Hawker Typhoon crash site and shows clear evidence of being an underwing hardpoint. The primary casting is numbered 49127/2285F and the section which was probably hidden in the stores carrier is 49927 CE 78B DY3. Hopefully there’s someone out there with the parts list!?
By: Graham.A - 1st July 2017 at 19:47
Can you take some photos of the back of it please??? 🙂
By: Graham.A - 1st July 2017 at 19:45
Are you sure about it being an under wing hardpoint?
What clear evidence are you talking about? I’ve looked at the Parts Book, but Typhoon numbers are generally A.xxxxxx and pretty much all of them have a letter in front, not just a number.
Your piece seems to be attached to a tube, which points to it being a fuselage piece not a wing piece. Or are you saying that it is actually a weapon station that hangs under a wing?
From looking at the underside of the wing that we have, the underside of the wing has many (and I mean many!) holes in it that have threaded anchor points inside. It appears that carriers of various types were then offered up to the wing and bolts went through the carried and into the wing. The other type on the wing is a right angle bracket. The brackets are bolted into the wing and then carriers are bolted to the bracket.
That tube is really throwing me off! I don’t suppose it has a number on it does it??
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