What is this?
I forgot I had it. It’s from Trenton Air Base, Ontario, Canada. Granddad was Wing Commander there during WW2. It was a major training base for the RCAF, and he was in charge of Maintenance (H.C. Shaw, Member Order of the British Empire).
It’s in perfect condition. The brass has a bit of age patina. I doubt it was ever used. He probably just took it out of inventory at the end of the war as a souvenir. I was thinking of putting it on eBay and have no idea what it is or what it’s worth.
L Shaw
By: 682al - 5th March 2007 at 23:00
Hi shawlein, and welcome to the forum.
There has been lots of threads about spade grips, often mentioning Canadian ones. Try a search for more info.
Your grip appears to be an AH2242 pattern. These were usually intended for Harvard training aircraft.
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March 5, 2007 at 8:49 pm