Beaufighter Oil Cooler 27f

Thank you P&P this one does not have the RR cache that yours had – but excellent identity and confirmation of Morris construction…

Titanic has a certain resonance – our house is the family home of the Chief Engineer Joseph Bell and where he was born and grew up before his apprenticeship at Stephenson’s Engine works in Newcastle. It has taken several years to prove to the Titanic authorities that his birthplace of Whitehaven was incorrect. He is remembered on his mothers gravestone in the local churchyard. A small group of us had the inscription restored for the centenary.

Chaps says it was a diver find from a Beaufighter of the North Devon Coast.

If it had Titanic written on it they could have sold it for more….

Lancaster – Lincoln auto controls oil cooler

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Thanks all – could MMQR be MMOR for the Morris Motors Osberton Radiator works – They made radiators for spitfires ???

Elliot thanks I assume Peter worked on the Beau ?

Looks wartime to me. I think contacting Peter Rushen would be a good idea.

A quick search for the patent number on the plate reveals that GB Patent 538018 was granted to Morris Motors and two gentlemen on 17 July 1941. It describes “Improvemnts relating to oil, water or other liquid coolers”.
http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=EPODOC&II=6&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=19410717&CC=GB&NR=538018A&KC=A

Thanks Alan – I am open to any suggestion.

The inspector stamp is MMQR – same as in data plate. Any suggestions on the manufacturer ?

I don’t know what but something says that might be newer than the 1940s, to me it is neatly stamped text most wartime plates I have seen will also have the drawing number in the same hand done manner as the serial. I could be wrong but it looks that way to me.

Thanks Mike – the grill on this one is 4 inches across and 2 inches high. Unless there were a stack it is too small for the wing one ?

Didn’t the Beau have a small intake in the leading edge of the wing outboard of each engine? It might be the heat exchanger/oil cooler from one of those.

Anon.