Alloy Air Intake 98-53425

Thank you Chaps.

Viscount not sure if it is relevant but the B25 J heating and ventilation are routed through this area on the fuselage

http://legendsintheirowntime.com/LiTOT/Content/1945/B25_Av_4503_DA_heat-front_p141_W.png

Good spot Brian

What would an airscoop inlet beside the pilot’s feet be feeding? Certainly not the engines. No other types with an inlet in that position immediately come to mind (although no doubt ‘Anon’ will promptly embarrass me by coming up with a few!). Or would I be answering my own question if I suggested that an airscoop near the flight crew seats could be for heating/cooling of the cockpit/instruments? If so, could also explain why it appears to be only an ‘optional’ fit on some later mark Mitchells?

Mike just taken an eraser and removed the offending SPITF…. words from the top.

I am 100% sure it is B25 H or J

Just one question – There are several B25 H and J survivors with the intake on the Port side.

But there are also several without.

Is this a theatre specific addition or is it that for restoration or fuel economy reasons that they have been deleted over time ?

Sorted! Not Spitfire then? – or Mossie, or Lanc! 😉

Anon.

And one of a B25H

http://www.skytamer.com/1.2/2.4/NA097.jpg

QED.

Also on J version
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7043/7151405341_b662c4c66f_b.jpg

http://www.lastrefuge.co.uk/davidhalford/images_big/DH-B-25-05.jpg

Close up confirms same construction and shape.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CcLkHYdUEAAsail.jpg

a 98 part number fits with Mossie, P2V and B25H.

The paint and construction are very American.

Just checking some images of B25 late models and there is the same shape and sized air intake on the port side nose ( just behind forward glasshouse.).

http://cyberplasticmodeler.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/aircraft-walkaround-vol-67-north.html

Lancaster experts feel free to correct me but it doesn’t look the right shape for a Lancaster which is less pointed at the tail and integral with a bigger baseplate.

The ‘diced pigeon strainer’ should have mounting points inside the vertical face (I think) if it is Lancaster.

Must be Spitfire then…….

Yes, it does look a bit small doesn’t it.

Mike – I also was ignoring the writing and looking for something more substantive..

I see what you mean

http://data3.primeportal.net/hangar/mark_hayward/lancaster_x/images/lancaster_x_18_of_26.jpg

Not sure that this is big emough – overall length is 12 inches. The front opening is 2 1/4 inches x 3 1/2 inches – the wire screens I have seen are a lot bigger than that.

Brian, it looks like one of a pair of intakes which sit either side of the Lancaster power plant installation. The carb has a bifurcated sheet metal intake duct fastened underneath it and each of the inlets leads to one of your scoops on each side of the engine.

The entire engine power egg, as they were referred to, or ECU – Engine Change Unit in later years – included the engine, bearers, cowlings, electrical harness, exhaust system and all other connections, were made or assembled by Rolls-Royce, not by Avro’s, so the 98 may not, in this case, refer to the de-H Mosquito.

Funny that it has Spitfire written on it. Isn’t everything Spitfire if you don’t know what it is?

Anon.

Where there is a will there is a way – pics.