Sorry about that – stupid Photobucket beta version is giving lots of people strife.

But thanks for the suggestion, given it has a Beaufort tag on it, then it was probably used on them – nice one ! Catalogued and added into the collection 😎

Should have mentioned these came from DAP (Department of Aircraft Production) that was responsible for manufacture of Beaufort / Beaufighters over here, hence the query. The place I recovered these from was from a gent who was a former engineer with DAP and had a very decent collection of bits n bobs….

These tubes may well be even unfinished for all I know

I know a couple of them are shorter and have obviously been cut at some point (his brother took a pair and cut them to make a pretty stunning set of legs for a coffee table !!). There were also a pile of shorter smaller tubes with an asbestos ring at one end – some were marked with a 72-xxxxx number and others had either Vultee or Northrop Grumman tags still attached…..

I thought that too but all the other mod plates I have also have a DRG or DRWG no as well as shown in my pic below – these plates are both Australian (middle one) and UK. The one in my first post has no DRG reference on it…

Actually that’s a big help 🙂 All I know is that it came from a guy who collected a massive pile of stuff over the years from RAAF Laverton so it really comes down to what may have been scrapped there. If your engine theory is correct it would be great if it had come from something such as a Bulldog or Wapiti, but that’s just my pipe dream 😎 Will see if I can find a parts list for either engine you mentioned and see what turns up

Cheers

Ewan

Ta Dave, no F script anywhere to be found…..

Blimey that was quick 😮

Thanks for that, solves part of the puzzle – anyone got the 27D section of the AP1086 that I can have a look at? Probably not the most popular section I guess :rolleyes: Being over here I guess it can only be off a certain number of aircraft – it’s big as you can see it’s draped over the bonnet of my station wagon. Wonder if it’s Beaufighter related as it’s the same place where I recovered an intact pair of wheels/tyres and thousands of bolts etc…. all from the RAAF auctions post WW2 at Tottenham in the Western ‘burbs