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By: bazv - 6th June 2023 at 22:27

Looks homemade to me or perhaps from a small batch for a slow aircraft/glider,not military operational type aircraft – too flimsy.

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By: airfield - 6th June 2023 at 21:39

Looking at the general condition it looks like it hasnt had much use so I would go for a post war aircraft. I wonder if this is a left over stock from a cancelled  order and has been in store. The plexiglass doesnt look that ancient either

The seller is from the Kidderminster area if that offers any clues

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By: pogno - 5th June 2023 at 08:08

Its been bugging me for days as to what this canopy might be.

From what I can be deduce from the pictures it appears to be professionally made, has a hinge tube along one edge and a two pin latch on the other and as MAC314 suggests of light weight construction so possibly something like a low speed aircraft, glider or helicopter.  

Initially I thought the rubber flap end was the front but the vertical joint line with the closely spaced rivets has the perspex overlapped in the opposite way to what you would expect leaving a raw edge into the airflow, so is the rubber flap end the back?  

A rather wild suggestion is the rear canopy of a Defiant Target Tug but they appear to slide to open and are made from one piece of perspex, but it is an idea.

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By: MAC314 - 4th June 2023 at 10:59

Looks pretty light tubing, won’t be off a glider would it.

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By: TEXANTOMCAT2 - 3rd June 2023 at 13:57

I thought Sea Fox but Beaufighter is a good shout

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By: Arabella-Cox - 3rd June 2023 at 12:48

It looks like something from down the rear of a Beaufighter or Hampden, with a cut out for a defensive gun maybe? 

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By: George H - 31st May 2023 at 21:24

It looks strangely like part of a side rear bubble canopy for a Catalina.

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