These are a few examples from a large number of items recently given to the museum by a life-long collector. Sadly many have been virtually destroyed by damp storage. There are a lot of individual instruments and pieces of navigation equipment but here are some of what I think are the more unusual or more interesting items. I think I’ve identified some of them but others are in need of identification.
The rev counter was interesting. It turned from a very tatty and corroded unit to a cleaned up item with what appeared to be serial number MJ714 painted on it. MJ714 was a Mk IX Spitfire so this rev counter would be correct for the type. MJ714 has an interesting history – RCAF with kills over Arnhem, Dutch AF in the East Indies, Belgian AF. Heaven knows how its rev counter ended up in a scrapyard near Farnborough in the 60s.
The Bulldog panel was bought at Old Warden. It’s ex-G-ABBB “K2227” which crashed at Farnborough in 1964.
The Buchon rudder fabric was said to have been replaced prior to the making of the Battle of Britain movie but I can’t find any pictures of a Buchon with these colours on its rudder.
I’m struggling to identify the three panels. I’m guessing at Beverley for panel number 3 because it refers to upper and lower decks and paratroops but I don’t have any ideas for the others.
The tailwheel is numbered AH928 with a 3.00×3 1/2 tyre. Any suggestions? My AH number list doesn’t include AH928.
Is the rubber wheel cover likely to be Tiger Moth? I’ve never seen one with Dunlop marked on.
Comments would be very welcome.
By: FLY.BUY - 20th April 2015 at 11:15
yoke = Dove / Heron which is more likely due to the numbers built but as mentioned previously is also attributable to the Twin Pin.
By: Pure Lightning - 20th April 2015 at 07:02
PM sent Derbyhaven.
By: Peter - 19th April 2015 at 23:35
Is the Hali fire warning panel surplus?
By: Derbyhaven - 19th April 2015 at 22:13
The yoke looks a bit Twin Pioneer-ish to me.
Thanks AM, I was thinking Dove but I’m open to other ideas! I’ll give it a further clean up and look for numbers.
I’ve confirmed that panel number 3 is Beverley. A bonus is that it’s got a number painted on the back – 107 – which I’m guessing could be XM107 which was broken up at Shawbury in the late 60s which links in with our donor’s busiest collecting period.
By: Arabella-Cox - 19th April 2015 at 22:03
The yoke looks a bit Twin Pioneer-ish to me.
By: Derbyhaven - 19th April 2015 at 21:57
I’m answering my own questions here: Panel number 2, the fire extinguisher panel, is Halifax.
From the same source here are some rather worse for wear early Harrier parts from a crashed aircraft, but which one?
By: Aircraft - 19th April 2015 at 21:36
Wheel cover is Tiger Moth, I have 2 pairs – one is marked Dunlop and the other is not!
Really like the RPM gauge.
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