Please excuse this being a potentially silly request. I’ve attached a link to a photo of this wooden propellor (sorry couldn’t attach actual photo), found in my Grandfather’s garage after he passed away. He was in the RAF during WWII. It now stands in our garden, and visitors always ask me what it is. I would really like to know more about it. If anyone can give me any more information I’d be most grateful, even if it’s to say it’s unidentifiable! There is no written information on the prop itself. 44″ high, 8 ?boltholes, hole in the middle (hub?) would be 3″ diameter.
Thanks in advance
By: ElSetchell - 17th September 2013 at 08:13
Thanks everyone. Absolutely no markings on it whatsoever. I’ve attached a few more photos if it helps…
http://m928.photobucket.com/albumview/albums/elsetchell/image_zpsee4b2e35.jpg.html?o=0
By: Arabella-Cox - 17th September 2013 at 08:06
It looks Oxford to me too, at around 300 h.p. size. Anson usually had the Reed-type metal propeller fitted.
Cheetah X engine.
Anon.
By: OHOPE - 17th September 2013 at 02:46
Please consider keeping this inside as I do not like the chances of this surviving outside .
By: Stan Smith - 17th September 2013 at 00:02
Without any info on identification markings,may I suggest you try to decipher any markings on the hub from the list below (for at least the manufacturer)
5…./a/.. 5…..BX/… 5…./JX/… 5….SC DH….. CD…./…./.. PD…./…./.. ZD…./.. 3D40…. for De Havilland, A…. for George Adams, BA…./.. for Bristol Aircraft Co, FP…. for Fletcher Propellers, HR…. for Horden Richmond, LA… for Lang Propellers, PA…/…/.. or F…./.. for Perfectus Propellers Y…./.. for Avro and Z…. for Airscrew Company.
I would suggest that at 88 inches diameter and by the shape, it may be from a Cheetah as fitted to the Oxford or Anson. Anyone else ready to try their hand?
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September 16, 2013 at 11:37 pm