Well, I was sure of that yesterday but I’m not today! That’s because K8B has convinced me that, in all probability, there was no F Harold Lowe (or certainly no-one of that name connected with this story) and that the gentleman born as Thomas Harold Lowe became Charles Herbert Lowe-Wylde (presumably by deed poll). If you wish to see a detailed chronology of the life of Lowe-Wylde, please go to the other forum where K8B has supplied that. So with one mystery resolved, that leaves another – namely why both A.J.Jackson and A.W.J.G.Ord-Hume both have attributed the design and construction of the Marlburian to F Harold Lowe rather than Thomas Harold Lowe. But as the former is dead and the latter is somewhat reticent, I doubt that I’ll ever know!

London Gazette would record change of names by deed poll, but then as now there is no legal requirement for name changes, unless there is a ‘dodgy’ reason for doing so! (e.g. avoidance of creditors). Which of course would mean that the individual probably wouldn’t register a name change by deed poll.

I remember green mag alloy rivets from my trade training, but cannot at this distance in time recall what their benefit was (if any!). But they were still in use at that time (1980 onwards), even if only to show apprentices what the different colours meant!

That Hawk Major is a thing of beauty as-is. I do question WTF the RAF Museum is up to.

Or how [lack of] ‘relevance’ is a reason for its disposal??

Brian,

My apologies: I should have properly read your email rather than just looking at the PNs. It is indeed an NAA fin fillet, but not necessarily from F-86H. The first Parts Catalog image below is for F-86H, which lists LH/RH as PN 187-25006-1 and -2, respectively:

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Though not listed, I’d guess -12 to be part of the -2 Assembly (it would be on the drawing for this part but not in IPC). BUT:

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This second image is from a 1956-revision FJ-3/3M Fury IPC (AN 01-60JKC-4), and so it’s possible that it’s also from FJ-3 or FJ-3M Fury. Any history on this part?

Any helpful mods out there who could knock a couple of apostrophes (“apostrophe’s”) out of the header? I’d also prefer ‘salvable’ as a more elegant term…

Many thanks :eagerness:

Interesting thread however.

Jokes aside I cannot think of amore dedicated group.

They must love their job “…When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie”.

😉