Hi Tony,

Thanks!

Here’s the family so far!

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Martyn

GYD

Hi all,

Can anyone shed any light onto the application/aircraft use of this grip? It takes the Germanic KG series appearance but, I feel it has more of a ‘Soviet/Eastern Bloc’ style and appears quite an early example of such too.
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Martyn

GYD

Mystery solved!

It is from a Spanish Ha 200 Trainer, one popped up on evil bay a couple of weeks ago!

GYD

Hi Miki,

Welcome to the forum and what an interesting grip you have. It looks like a cross between a French SAMM 103 and SAMM 110 grip but, the extension between the grip and the connector is something I have not seen before. Are there any markings on the data plate at the bottom of the grip or, any history?

However, I have seen pictures of ‘Former Yugoslavian’ J-22 Galeb and J-23 Oaro aircraft with the same style French grip as fitted to the Mirage III/F1 (SAMM 207), so your grip too, could be a product of the FRY aircraft industry?? Later/improved/upgraded J-21 Jastreb? Reason being that the J-21 originally used a copy of the German KG13 style grip and the extra length of your grip would compensate for the difference in the original height of the combined KG 13 grip and column ??

However, as always, my thoughts only!

Extra pictures have now appeared of your grip, indeed French manufacture!

Martyn

GYD

Ian,

sadly no, well not yet at least. More of an ‘Ask Aspel’ to try and identify it! Putting it to the wider ‘family’ in some hope of more info?

M

Hi Rob,

What aircraft is it fitted into in your picture? The Mk 2 Dunlop grip was fairly standard to a lot of late war aircraft what made them different, was the type of Selectric gun button and of course the different AH numbers stamped on the front. For example, the Vampire single seaters, Fury, Spiteful, Meteor 4, Balliol T1 and Mk22/24 Spitfires all used the AH8400. The T7 Meteor the AH9365, Sea Fury FB11 the AH8490 and so on, all appear identical in form apart from the above.

I did have a ‘bare’ example with no fittings that had one AH number crossed out and AH8400 stamped on it as well, I let Jon H have it a few years back, I don’t know if he still has it??

Cheers,

Martyn

GYD

Hi Gerry,

It is a RAF Dental Branch collar badge.

Martyn

GYD

Rob,

Are you going to bring this up to Newark in June along with the Wyvern?

Martyn

GYD