Ray Holmes Hurricane Engine

Christopher Ward – TM-B

I have a limited edition Christopher Ward Watch made from aluminium recovered from the wreckage.

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Cliffs of Dover Screenshot (thanks Peter Larry)

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This is as others say from Ray Holmes Hurri, TM-B, it used to have the spade grip displayed next to it. The only bits used in making ‘trinkets’ were brass pipes used to make lovely lapel badges and non descript ally that had broken off. History 15 Sept 1940. An awesome recovery which took them years to organise. Amazed they got permission, but perseverance and effort and lots of money

Thanks for the info

Certainly some of Ray Holmes Hurricane’s engine was turned into commemorative trinkets, mainly (melted down) aluminium and brass components, but it is difficult to see how the larger steel components (crankshaft, sleeves, connecting-rods, etc) could be utilised.

From the photograph you posted it seems that the engine section that remains is a crankshaft section with attached pistons, connecting-rods and sleeves with a section of cylinder block attached with the long steel studs; this was probably the largest ‘intact’ section of the Merlin engine that remained after the Hurricane had dived at high speed through the road junction where it impacted.

TMB Art Metal was the company formed to manufacture and market the trinkets (TM-B being the codes of Ray Holmes Hurricane) but the stuff wasn’t cheap…

…I think a set of cuff-links would set you back about £2000!

just like the Churchill bells most items were made from variouse aircraft but sometimes associated to a particular one

This is the one dug out of the crossroads on live TV by Steve Vizard and co? I thought it was one of Al deere’s A/C that was dinky toyed…..