November 1, 2009 at 6:29 pm
I’ve just spent another fun day identifying, cateloging and labeling aircraft parts recovered from a pit on ex airfield ‘somewhere in England’.
The parts are the remains of a bonfire and comprise mainly of the metal parst of Horsa and Hamilcar gliders although I feel that there may be another type represented as there are some components that don’t fit with the AP references I have available (could they be Albermarle?).
Anyway here are a few photos of some Hamilcar part numbers from fuselage frames and another of the general mix of parts.
Considering the parts were burnt before being buried for sixty odd years they are not in bad condition.
Here are the part number stamps for you chaps who collect such things
[ATTACH]178495[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH]178496[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH]178497[/ATTACH] The frame section with one of these part numbers is on the far right , whilst the triangular piece is the poorer one of two Horsa landing skid brackets (in case you were wondering).