Part washed up on Norfolk beach any ideas?

Cheers Dave They look pretty close, do you think the US female fixed part is in steel manufacture as with my bits of wreckage, Kev

With reference to post #20, in picture 4 the bolt head appears to have the standard markings you’d find on an American AN bolt, the anchor nut in picture 3 also looks to be of the American AN366 pattern.

It’s difficult to say without actually looking at them and comparing between other known items.

Please see here for some info on these parts: http://s760.photobucket.com/user/dsgaviation/library/AN%20Bolt%20and%20Nut%20Info

Hope that helps

Dave

And a pic from a 109 panel…..

Yes I suppose there are, I was hoping that the panels were distinctive enough to be given a fix, I have a lot of RAF items and I dont remember ever seeing this type of bolt so I am still thinking German, Kev

I’ve attached a few pics from some Junkers panels I have for reference. I have had several parts from the He111 crash site, and they look of a slightly different colour. As the others have said, there are many candidates to choose from in this area.

I think they are German style anchor nuts. Looks like take your pick based on what fell in the area!

Here you go, They seem to share a common inner female fitting, bolt heads have a design on them
pictures 1 and 2 are from second part and 3, 4, 5, from first part put on thread, Kev

Thanks Richard, I will take some close ups today. Salthouse is one of my favorite places , spent a lot of time there fishing. Kev

I would not rule out target drones, they flew from Stiffkey to Weybourne for gunnery practice.
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?52436-Use-of-A2-Rotary-Launcher-at-Stiffkey-Norfolk/page2&highlight=stiffkey

9th June 1940. Heinkel He 111H-4 (8747) from StabII/KG4
Shot down by Flt Lt Duke-Woolley in a Blenheim no 23 sqd. Forced to ditch just off shore at the Hood Cley next to sea at 12.50 am. Crew taken prisoner. This was the first enemy aircraft to be shot down by a night fighter over Britain and the crew were the first POWs to be taken in Norfolk.
The wreck remained offshore until1969 when it was blown up on the orders of Trinity House as it was considered a hazard to navigation.

3rd May 1941 Junkers Ju88A-5 ditched off shore at sparrow gap Weybourne at 3.30 AM.

30th July 1942. Dornier Do217E-4 Crashed on Salthouse marshes at 2.00 am aircraft destroyed.

Guess the North sea had a lot of planes crash in it, in ww2.

Post some clearer shots of the screws and captive nuts, and we may be able to get closer!

Thanks TEC we may be getting closer. These came from about halfway between pill box and the grassy hill feature

A Heinkel crashed just off Salthouse and pieces of this are regularly washed up on the beach, particularly near where the pillbox is marooned.

I believe that the Navy blew part of the wreck up as it was an underwater hazard.

TEC

other part

If these parts contain any rivets or threaded screws this is a good way to identify the country of origin,

My grandfather used to tell of a day when his regiment (the Norfolks at that time) were in Great Yarmouth some time in the first couple of years of the war and a BF109 attacked the town, apparently attempting machine gun civilians in the streets.

Did any ‘109 ever get farther north than Londinium..? Doubtful without RAF serial number.

Well the one Ian Blair shot down over Orkney probably did……. 😀

Could it be Bristol Blenheim?

I found an oil tank from a Blenheim washed-up on Holkham Beach and that’s not a million miles away.

other part

Think German is a good hunch , Ive been trying to rule out an un manned Anti aircraft target because of proximity of Weyboune camp but havent found much on the web, I am beggining to think its too large for that
I have another piece of aircraft which was washed up about a year after this bit on same stretch of beach , they may well be un related but I will dig it out and post a picture.
The nearest wreck I know of on the North Norfolk coast was the B17 that went in off Cromer Parts of that still wash up on cromer beach after heavy weather.

Did any ‘109 ever get farther north than Londinium..? Doubtful without RAF serial number.

I know 190s got into Suffolk, and a 109 could with extra tanks, do not know why I am drawn to German

Cant find any numbers , I may be mistaken re black paint but there is deffinately a reddish brown on some inner surface , the smallest tip end of the tapered flap seems to of once had a wood or comosite material in it to close it off.