This part came with some high ground wreck items – these are destined for museum display. In the box were parts from the B-17 42-97286 on Arran and Hudson AM680 which crashed in the Lake District. This part was in the bottom of the box and had no label! It’s American and is marked ‘Vega’. Vega made Lockheed Hudsons and B-17s in WW2.
The numbers on it are: 53052-99 (last digit is hard to read) and 12241.
The prefix for the Hudson is 16, but at least one US website states that some lockheed aircraft had a 53 prefix. So, does anyone recognise it please?
By: CeBro - 29th August 2015 at 20:00
It even has the name VEGA cast in the bracket, although Lockheed also built B17’s.
Cees
By: highgroundsman - 29th August 2015 at 16:41
Mystery part – Hudson or B-17?
Could possibly have come from the Lockheed C-60 Lodestar 42-56014 on Arran.
By: Whitley_Project - 10th July 2015 at 06:12
Thanks Denys – you are a top bloke!
By: Denys Jones - 9th July 2015 at 23:16
Correct Elliot it is Hudson.
It’s the centre one of the 5 elevator hinge brackets.
cheers
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