Unidentified prop blade in museum

Thanks Peter!

Thanks Peter!

Blenheim/Bolingbroke Prop for comparison

Blenheim/Bolingbroke Prop for comparison

Apologies, but one last bump,

Wellington or Blenheim??

Apologies, but one last bump,

Wellington or Blenheim??

Just to say thanks everyone, if you do nail it down to a Blenheim, what losses of the type are known to have taken place off Lowestoft?

Just to say thanks everyone, if you do nail it down to a Blenheim, what losses of the type are known to have taken place off Lowestoft?

Ain’t from a Whirly then…;)

Ain’t from a Whirly then…;)

I’m fairly positive that it would have been an anti-clock (left) rotation, but then again I’m no expert:o

I’m fairly positive that it would have been an anti-clock (left) rotation, but then again I’m no expert:o

Blade info

I’ll have a trawl around and see what I can find out.

Did you manage to work out which way it rotated?

I’m thinking possibly Blenheim now – if the rotation’s correct. It’s quite a short blade and at 5 ft definitely sub-1000hp.

Anon.

Blade info

I’ll have a trawl around and see what I can find out.

Did you manage to work out which way it rotated?

I’m thinking possibly Blenheim now – if the rotation’s correct. It’s quite a short blade and at 5 ft definitely sub-1000hp.

Anon.

I have finally heard back from one of the museum staff on the length of this blade.
It measures 60 inches from tip to base, and with a width of 9 inches at the widest part of the blade. No numbers are visible due to corrosion.

Is this enough to nail the ident down?

I have finally heard back from one of the museum staff on the length of this blade.
It measures 60 inches from tip to base, and with a width of 9 inches at the widest part of the blade. No numbers are visible due to corrosion.

Is this enough to nail the ident down?

B-17E’s and earlier had slimmer (non paddle blade) props

B-17E’s and earlier had slimmer (non paddle blade) props

Probably Lockheed, send the image to TIGHAR 😉

The profile looks very similar to those we dug up at Stenhousemuir many moons ago…I think it was 1979. I was just out of short trousers, then, although I became relatively familiar with those blades for a good few years.