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Hello, I am new to this forum and wondered if anyone can help identify the propeller blade I have just acquired please?
I understand from the previous owner that his father acquired it years ago in East Anglia and that it came from a Spitfire. I believe that it is made of Jablo wood, covered with Rotoloid with armoured sheathing. It measures 155 cm from tip to base, the max. width is 27.5 cm and the diameter if the shaft is 12.5 cm. The shaft is stamped with ’62(or poss. ‘0’)693′ with ‘1’ (or poss. ‘7’) under. The other nos. are JP329897 on the tip (repeated as the principle no. of four in the red [pink] circle) and ‘RA.1029/R(poss. ‘P’)S’ above the circle. Any help would be much appreciated, especially any information that might be able to identify the aircraft it came from (it looks like a bullet may have clipped the tip before it was withdrawn from service so there may be a story behind it somewhere). I will post more photos in due course.
Thank you
By: Buzzardhawk - 12th December 2015 at 11:41
Cheers guys, some useful pointers there! Any idea what date it might be from the series nos.?
By: Mark12 - 12th December 2015 at 08:57
The JP 329827 is the individual blade number.
‘JP’ are the code letters for blades manufactured by ‘F. Hills & Son Limited’.
For future reference:-
‘RW’ manufactured by Rotol Limited’.
‘D’ manufactured by ‘Airscrew Company Limited’.
‘HRA’ manufactured by ‘Horden-Richmond Limited’.
This blade is from a five blade set as fitted to 20 series Spitfires.
The RS marking on a ‘Pink’ disc indicates the Material is ‘Jablo Wood, the Covering is ‘Rotoloid’ and the Sheath is ‘Simple’.
The RA denotes ‘Rotol Limited’ and always prefixes the Drawing Number
Mark
By: Bob - 11th December 2015 at 23:30
Don’t know if it is any help but for repairs/servicing props, A.P.1538C, E & F was quoted in the film – it covered the limits of repairs that could be carried out on a station/squadron level.
By: Buzzardhawk - 11th December 2015 at 22:20
Thanks 🙂
By: Buzzardhawk - 11th December 2015 at 22:10
Having just watched some film on Squadron repairs to propeller blades the disc markings indicate covering, balance and type of wood. Repairs to blades are usually marked on the blade itself so not sure if that refers to the JP number? (JP may mean Joint Publication?)
Thanks Bob, that’s a line to pursue. Are there service records still available I wonder?
By: Aircraft - 11th December 2015 at 21:30
Spitfire Mk 24 I believe.
By: Bob - 11th December 2015 at 20:35
Having just watched some film on Squadron repairs to propeller blades the disc markings indicate covering, balance and type of wood. Repairs to blades are usually marked on the blade itself so not sure if that refers to the JP number? (JP may mean Joint Publication?)
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December 11, 2015 at 7:55 pm