Hi guys,
I recovered a large amount of wreckage from the Crash site of a Halifax Bomber back in 1990. One piece has always intrieged me as it has confusing stenciling?? I’m hoping that there are some experts out there that can work it out?
Photo below, but this is what i think i can make out. It was a Mk VII Halifax so assume thats what the Mk 7 stands for??
DTD 314
??? THE TI
?103AF
?25A
MK 7
By: pogno - 14th January 2011 at 09:21
DTD refers to the ‘directorate of technical development’ they were the department that set the specifications for MOD materials. EG DTD 585 is hydraulic fluid.
Richard
By: LW206 - 14th January 2011 at 08:52
Ok Alan, thanks.
Why is it every Post i get involved in becomes a colour / paint debate :rolleyes:
By: Alan Clark - 14th January 2011 at 00:18
I am not sure if it is only the first line that is relevant to the paint finish, but as it is stenciled in a single block it is likely that the whole text refers to the paint finish.
By: LW206 - 13th January 2011 at 21:28
Thanks Alan,
Of all the things i’ve imagined it means over the years…..the paint finish code was never one of them!!! Is it just the first line that is relevent to the paint finish?
By: Alan Clark - 13th January 2011 at 21:14
That is refering to the paint.
DTD 314 and more specificly DTD 314B was “Matt Pigmented Oil Varnishes and Primer”
By: LW206 - 13th January 2011 at 20:58
This piece was easy to identify 🙂
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January 13, 2011 at 8:56 pm