Some years ago whilst walking on Bridlington Beach I found aircraft wreckage washed up on the shore line. Unfortunately despite a careful search any identifying numbers or stamps have long since been washed away. I imagine that quite a number of aircraft crashed in Bridlington Bay during the way and wondered whether anyone could identify the likely type from the pictures attached. Does anyone know of any of the individual aircraft which crashed in the Bay?
Thanks in advance
By: Whitley_Project - 28th March 2015 at 16:15
Given the condition of the parts Peter I think wire wool will be just fine
By: Peter - 28th March 2015 at 13:50
Never use wire wool on aluminum! If you take a close look with a magnifying glass over the entire part, you might see part of the number that way it narrows down the area to search for it. then if you can carefully lightly sand it if it is under paint etc to reveal the number..
By: Whitley_Project - 28th March 2015 at 08:46
Yes, the bigger piece is very likely to have a number. Wire wool is very good at bringing out almost invisible numbers.
By: CeBro - 27th March 2015 at 18:00
Look for Numbers with prefixes such as 52 ( Hampden) 57 ( Halifax) or 683 ( Lancaster).
Good luck
Cheers
Cees
By: carnaby - 27th March 2015 at 16:25
I will clean up the larger piece and search again for any part numbers just in case something emerges from the muck.
Thanks so far for the suggestions. I have been told seperately that a Lancatser crashed in Bridlington Bay (DS757) not sure if this could be a possibility.
Carnaby
By: CeBro - 27th March 2015 at 15:44
I am amazed that anyone can say with any conviction what type small pieces like that originate from. Obviously people who know way mor than me about the anatomy of various types. I would be hard pushed to say for certain that those scraps actually came from an aircraft rather than some other type of machinery. Just as well we have such knowledgeable people on here.
Hi Mike,
Well my assumption is based on experience buildig the Halifax (and Hampden) cockpit. Usually a manufacturer has a certain “fingerprint” regarding the construction of their products.
The Hampden and Halifax share a similar “fingerprint”. The fun thing with this forum is that serveral forumites chip in with information, adding to the solving of a question.
Well, it’s fun (excluding certain burmese topics).
Cheers
Ces
By: Peter - 27th March 2015 at 14:09
The larger piece should have numbers on it somewhere…
By: mike currill - 27th March 2015 at 13:10
Looks Halifaxish to me.
Cheers
Cees
I am amazed that anyone can say with any conviction what type small pieces like that originate from. Obviously people who know way mor than me about the anatomy of various types. I would be hard pushed to say for certain that those scraps actually came from an aircraft rather than some other type of machinery. Just as well we have such knowledgeable people on here.
By: sopwith.7f1 - 27th March 2015 at 08:52
I believe that a Hampden & a couple of Spits went in around that area, as well as a few other types.
Bob T.
By: CeBro - 27th March 2015 at 07:25
Looks Halifaxish to me.
Cheers
Cees
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