By: austernj673 - 8th February 2009 at 21:41
Will try and get a picture of mine up tomorrow, they are surprisingly small considering…..
By: The Yokel - 8th February 2009 at 20:32
Thanks for the replies everyone. Has anyone got a photo of one conected to a fire extinguisher ? Also is there only one or would they have been several around the aircraft ?
Andy
By: Arabella-Cox - 8th February 2009 at 20:13
Lanc part
Yes, it’s off of a fire extinguisher and is not a Lanc-only component.
I did, though, find one of these at the crash site of Lincoln RF511 in North Wales many years back.
Anon.
By: austernj673 - 8th February 2009 at 20:09
Its the top of an ‘Essex type’ fire extinguisher.
By: Peter - 8th February 2009 at 19:18
Were the fire extinguishers in the cabin the hand pump type? Wondering if it might be from one of those?
By: Whitley_Project - 8th February 2009 at 19:17
I think it’s off a fire extinguisher.
By: The Yokel - 8th February 2009 at 19:10
Hi Peter & Alan
I thought it may have been something to do with the oxygen equipment as it seems to be made of brass and some of the other oxygen vaves I have seen are brass.
It was found in the early Eighties with some other Lancaster parts in Norfolk and it seems to have that aircraft “feel” to it.
Andy
By: Alan Clark - 8th February 2009 at 19:00
It at first looked to be a part of a bomb cradle, used in pairs on the rack to steady the load.
However since it has “to open” on it kind of says it isn’t.
By: Peter - 8th February 2009 at 18:21
Doesnt appear to be anything Lancaster? Whats the history on it why you think it might be Lancaster? Also do you have a picture of the stamp?
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