It was painted yellow but what is it

I’m no expert, but if the attachment was at an angle, could it be that the u/c retraction cycle involved a twisting motion of the undercarriage leg? If this is so, and it’s painted yellow, how about an RAF Harvard?

Nice one Typhoon/Tempest, I asked for that one 😀

Part of an undercarriage is what I thought it could be, but what aircarft had its undercarriage painted yellow? Could it be an Oxford?

The big puzzle is why it is in the collection of parts it came with. This part, and about nine others are the only ones from 300 items that I can’t identify as being positivley Horsa or Hamilcar.
I reckon that I’ve now identified something like 80% of all the metal components for a Hamilcar from this dig. (Considering the Hamilcar was the largest wooden aircarft built in Britain that much metal doesn’t amount to a lot of Hamilcar)

Its similar to one of the fittings on a double-legged undercarriage (ie. Lanc, Mossie, etc), where the cross supports attach to the strut.

Not Mossie. Mossie U/C cross-bracing has forked ends that are attached to eye bolts.

It was either that or “nice pics”, but that one seems to have taken…….

Is it a stanley tape measure?

We have a WINNAH!!

outstanding first post btw 😀

Is it a stanley tape measure?

Its similar to one of the fittings on a double-legged undercarriage (ie. Lanc, Mossie, etc), where the cross supports attach to the strut.