This part was found among some Spitfire surface wreckage just recently.
It is a steel threaded locking ring, tightend with a ‘C’ spanner.
It has been subsequently bead blasted and there are no visible numbers…strange.
It is definately Spitfire and could be engine related or possibly armament.
Any ideas?
I currently favour this wreckage is a PR Mk IV, hence the armament conflict.
Mark
By: chumpy - 25th July 2014 at 21:23
The small piece of ali ‘zed’ section at the lower RH corner, certainly looks to be a bit of bog-standard Spitfire wing L/E skin stiffener.
So yes wing, rather than fus to my eyes.
By: Mark12 - 25th July 2014 at 10:40
…another piece of the jigsaw. Some sort of tank entry point with a 2.5 inch dia thread.
Header coolant, oil, hydraulic fluid and de-icer tanks can be ruled out by virtue of the steel. I suspect the steel has rolled up in the crash and it was in fact a flat strip of about 4 inch x 12+ inches.
This dos not fit with Mk V Spitfire to my knowledge, but shout if you recognize it, and I am moving toward a reinforcement in the 18 gallon oil tank carried in the PR IV port wing.
Another possibility is that it is drop tank related.
Mark
By: Tony Hill - 25th July 2014 at 04:44
I’d buy!!! You had me at “PR” 🙂
regards
Darryl
By: Sopwith - 24th July 2014 at 22:33
Thanks Mark12, no doubt someone will publish it somewhere, I’ll look out for it. Can’t beat a good Spitfire story.:)
By: stuart gowans - 24th July 2014 at 11:24
My thoughts, exactly……
By: Mark12 - 24th July 2014 at 10:52
So is this a new Spitfire find then Mark12?
No, not a knew find but a Spitfire wreck that was first reported forty odd years ago in a very remote place.
I am endevouring to pin an RAF ID on it. There is possibly a ‘missing in action’ pilot angle.
It would make a good story but where would you go to get something like that published in this day and age? 🙂
Mark
By: Sopwith - 24th July 2014 at 10:28
So is this a new Spitfire find then Mark12? and no I won’t ask the usual “will it be at Legends?”, question.:)
By: Mark12 - 24th July 2014 at 09:14
MP.
Very many thanks and much appreciated.
I can now continue along my PR IV route.
Mark
By: MerlinPete - 24th July 2014 at 08:57
Rear roller bearing retainer D1994.
It’s easy to confirm because it has a left-hand thread.
Pete
By: minimans - 24th July 2014 at 08:17
Could be the prop shaft rear roller bearing nut, the front one is bronze (except Packards) and has a flange.
I’ll look tomorrow.Pete
Looks just like the Crank. damper retaining nut off a Rolls-Royce V8 car engine!
By: MerlinPete - 23rd July 2014 at 21:34
It looks like a bearing retaining nut. There is a similar nut on the front of the Merlin for the thrust and roller bearing on the prop shaft.
Anon.
Could be the prop shaft rear roller bearing nut, the front one is bronze (except Packards) and has a flange.
I’ll look tomorrow.
Pete
By: Arabella-Cox - 23rd July 2014 at 20:09
It looks like a bearing retaining nut. There is a similar nut on the front of the Merlin for the thrust and roller bearing on the prop shaft.
Anon.
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