Had lunch in “The Priory” public house at Portbury just off the M5 near Bristol to-day and discovered a wooden prop blade fixed to the wall behind where I was sitting. The staff knew nothing about it other than coming, allegedly, from a WW2 aircraft that crashed in/near Portbury and being found when a new house was being built a few years ago.
Does anyone on the Forum recognise it and suggest what aircraft type it might have come from?
By: Arabella-Cox - 8th November 2009 at 12:34
Thanks for the help. Unfortunately there were no markings on the blade or base that I could detect unless they were covered by the bracket securing it to the wall
By: ZRX61 - 7th November 2009 at 17:53
Looks like the Spit blade we have on the hangar office wall….
By: Whitley_Project - 7th November 2009 at 12:57
There should be some numbers on the base – if you can post them someone on the forum may be able to Id it for you.
By: RPSmith - 4th November 2009 at 23:38
A wood prop coming from a crashed aircraft would very likely be broken.
Unles the cause of the crash was engine failure and the prop wasn’t rotating
Roger Smith.
By: John Aeroclub - 4th November 2009 at 22:15
It’s a ROTOL blade and they were part of Bristol Aircraft (ROlls brisTOL) so it may have been made in the area.
John
By: J Boyle - 4th November 2009 at 19:43
A wood prop coming from a crashed aircraft would very likely be broken.
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