August 15, 2018 at 4:15 pm
Came across the excellent Kaap Skil Museum at Oudeschild, Texel island, the Netherlands. This details the history of the village’s 17th century maritime role as a last supplies station for wooden ships sailing to the East Indies. It is also a former beachcomber’s museum that still holds quite a few relics from more recent years. Aviation-wise, the following stood out…
– Three engines caught by trawlers. One a 14-cylinder Pratt & Whitney, the other two Bristol Hercules. One associated prop blade is nearby. All three are in poor condition, as is expected with salt water finds…
– A GA propeller, probably Tiger Moth. Hard to see this getting washed up the beach as it has been neatly disassembled from its hub and is in good condition…
– A P-51 droptank, used and a bit crumpled from where it hit the deck when it was jettisoned. This I think landed on land, as there is no corrosion.
– A bent three bladed prop, probably Hamilton Standard, trawlerfind.
– A myriad of aluminium aircraft skins bits and pieces plus some oxygen tanks, all WW2. All trawled up.
– A trawled up Rolls Royce Merlin engine including hub.
– A bent .50 cal machine gun from the sea.
– Some modern bits of aircraft from a jet. I am curious what this would be. I have attached a photo of the lettering on the pylon bit of these. Any clues as to what type they are?
By: ericmunk - 16th August 2018 at 08:56
Some more…
By: ericmunk - 16th August 2018 at 08:51
Thanks Anon. There is indeed a range nearby, but there were certainly other bigger portions the the jet itself nearby. Several jets came down in the sea near the range over the years… I have attached a picture of one more substantial piece on display (which for some reasons insists on being published upside down…)
By: Arabella-Cox - 15th August 2018 at 19:24
The pic is of a Sidewinder missile rear fin. It is more likely to have come from a ditched or crashed jet than having been fired – unless there are ranges in the area?
Would be interesting to see some pics of the other items, if you have them?
Anon.