Oh excellent. I found a picture of a Merlin 35 Engine. Although this Lanc was fitted with Merlin 28s, I suppose the layout would be pretty similar wouldn’t it?
Looks like the thermostat is sat on top of the header tank. Is part 37 the connection port to the rest of the coolant system (Underneath)?
Thanks for our help Peter, you’re a star! 😀
36: Odd shaped fragment.
37: I found a component today that had this shape at the top. It was labelled “Engine thermostat”: Would that be correct? And anyone have a picture of a whole thermostat casing or unit?
38: Not even sure if this is part of the wreck, but it seems to be layered and separating like corroding aluminium, or even flying gear encased in molten metal.
39: “AGS 838/3” Pitot static union. Were would this have fitted on the aircraft?
40: A solid ump of Auminium. Seems to have recesses around it with a shallow recess around the face.
Thanks for any identification in advance.
26: Curved Aluminium.
27: Another fairly nondescript item: A sunken washer with 4 rivets (Possibly) around the circumference.
28: A block of Tufnol, with a radius cut into the corner.
29: Channeled piece of Aluminium.
30: A curved piece of thick plate.
31: Not a clue what this could be. It looks like a stone, but is painted black and was found in the same area with the rest of the components.
32: Another piece of aluminium arc.
33: 2 small strips of rubber.
34: Curved and ribbed fragment.
35: I think we can safely say that this is battery casing!
JB117 continued…..
19: A piece of skin with a metal label attached, “262” inside a ring, similar to an inspectors stamp.
20: A curved, probably nondescript piece of Alluminium.
21: A fairly thick piece of Ally. There seems to be the side of a round hole on the right hand edge, around which is a groove / scuff mark. Looks like something was spinning when it fell apart.
22: Something curved and pretty corroded.
23: Cog.
24: Seemingly nondescript piece of skin, stamped “530720” and what looks like an inspector stamp above with he letters “BMB” inside a circle. (I can only see half of the circle)
25: Handle for something?
I have been to another meeting with the visiting veterans at Deopham Green today, There was a small display of all things to do with 452nd BG on display including a selection of parts ploughed up, or otherwise collected from the airfield area by local farmers etc … there are no positive id’s to any of the parts, so armed with camera … will feed the photos slowly to save confusion !
Firstly, this was said to be from a Halifax which crashed just outside the airfield ????
Part 1a
Part 1b
Part 1c
Part 1d
Hi Kieth,
Looking at those pieces, it would seem they are not from an air crash. Do you know what area of the airfield they came from?
When the Americans left after the war, they dug a big pit at every 8th airforce airfield and filled it with stuff that they didnt want to take or was too costly to transport back to the states. There are stories of bikes, Ammuntition, aircraft Instruments (Filled with radium and other harmful chemicals) and other stuff. This may be where these parts came from. The tubes that are poking out from that first component (Quoted) are sawn off and the bottom rivets neatly removed. Im thinking possibly a part cut out due to a field repair or something cut up for scrap.
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