April 9, 2014 at 4:03 pm
Hello,
I’ve been trying to identify a few items from my collection for a while now; a friend directed me to this forum and told me that somebody would probably be able to help. There are 3 items I am not sure of their origins, I will try give as much information as I have on them. I understand a lot of items like these where generic and used on a range of aircraft, however I think the fuel gauge would be unique to a particular type.
Item 1 – Fuel Gauge: 4 small dials 770 Gallons total (200 Front Port & Starboard and 185 Rear Port & Starboard). The casing has an air ministry ‘AM’ mark and the face shows an RAF Store Reference Code ‘6A/1234’. I think it is possibly WW2 as I have seen similar casings on WW2 era gauges if that’s anything to go by. The closest type I’ve found fuel capacity wise is the Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle with a 769 Imp Gall fuel capacity however looking at the tank arrangement and photos of the cockpit I have discounted this option.
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Item 2 – Dual Temperature Gauge: 0 to 350 Celsius, the place it was acquired from had links to Shackleton and Nimrod aircraft. I think it originates from the flight engineers area of the Nimrod but cannot fine a clear photo to positively identify the gauge.
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Item 3 – Flare/Chaff Dispenser: Looks like an early piece, maybe a bit of a bodge? I was told it came from a scrap bin at RNAS Yeovilton, not sure what year.
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Any help identifying which aircraft these items could have come from would be welcome, thanks.
By: 12jaguar - 16th January 2019 at 21:11
AP1086 is a good source of info, Air Ministry on the Forum has a good book derived from this which lists the various wartime instruments
John
By: masmudge - 16th January 2019 at 17:43
Sorry to dig this up from the past, but what references to people use to link these store reference codes to aircraft types?
By: masmudge - 10th April 2014 at 21:08
Hi, thanks for the help. So do you mean a Vickers Warwick (Air Sea Rescue MkI) ASR.I ? I’ve looked at this aircraft before as it was a similar size to a Wellington which has a 750 Gall capacity. However I have read that the Warwick ASR.I as a Fuel capacity of 1,315 Gallons? So maybe that is 545 Gall in Aux tanks? Could not also find a photograph of this gauge in a Warwick cockpit if that’s where it was located.
Also what does: ‘Type 104’ and ‘496FG’ mean please. 🙂
By: smirky - 9th April 2014 at 18:44
6a/1234 Type 104 Warwick A.S.R.I 496FG 🙂