This cartdridge [ATTACH=JSON]{“data-align”:”none”,”data-size”:”medium”,”data-attachmentid”:3847190}[/ATTACH][ATTACH=JSON]{“data-align”:”none”,”data-size”:”medium”,”data-attachmentid”:3847191}[/ATTACH] was found near the crash site of Lancaster “EM C” from 607 squadron that exploded over in Toulouse on 6 Apr. 1944.
Marking is: K1942 W I
Thanks for your comments..
GC
By: GILCOL - 10th February 2019 at 06:58
thanks to you all, guys
GC
By: smirky - 18th January 2019 at 10:40
From memory 1942 is aircraft ammunition, otherwise would be just 42.
By: Malcolm McKay - 17th January 2019 at 22:35
MkVII .303 was pretty standard fodder for all .303 MGs and was used basically wherever these arms were used. I have half a box of the stuff which I am slowly working through. And yes it could have come from the Lancaster wreck.
By: Enfield1940 - 17th January 2019 at 21:04
1942 MkVII .303 cartridge made by Kynoch of Birmingham.
By: adrian_gray - 17th January 2019 at 10:12
It certainly looks like a .303 case to me – as pretty much everything the British had used .303s you would need to check for any other possible sources but I am guessing that Toulouse was not fought over in 1944-5, so it looks good to me. It’s also burst rather than been fired as the case is split and the primer has blown off the bottom, which would fit. Not an expert on headstamps, but if 1942 is a date it would also fit (headstamp expert, anyone?)
So cautious agreement from me.
Adrian
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January 17, 2019 at 9:46 am