This is beginning to lead me down the path of thinking that this installation is correct for early Mk 1 Stirlings only, I have got another photo showing a completely different installation which I thought was for mk IV/V but leads me to believe it’s for all TR1154/1155 installations. You learn something new every day:)

The electrical and radio installation section of the Vol 1 should cover the basics but I would have thought you would be after a T1154/R1155 installation up for W/T, a TR9F with A1134A installation for R/T and intercom (later replaced with TR1196), some form of SBA and the fact you have an RF unit suggests you are looking to fit some sort of Gee installation.

Hope I’m not opening a can of worms for you.

Anne

Another small piece of the jigsaw donated by a kind gentleman in the Netherlands;)

Sorry to be a pedant (so easy to do when you’re not the one investing the time, money and all the hard work) but you appear to have a controller for an SCR-522 (TR5043). Were Stirlings fitted with these? I only ask because the controller shown in the black and white photo is a Type 4 (10J/22) which is almost the same but there are a few very small differences.

Anne

The RAF Museum have offered some help

Sounds like the people to talk to as they have one!

http://navigator.rafmuseum.org/results.do?view=detail&db=object&pageSize=1&id=117945

Anne

Implementation of ITAR appears to have been a rather hit or miss affair although the US authorities appear to have been keener to prosecute over the last 10 years. My suspicion is that there may be a problem over the disposal of the UK airframes due to the contracts between US and UK companies and the transfer of technology issues which arise from this.
It’s not unusual for the odd bit to slip through the net hence the AV-8B cockpits, (which wouldn’t be affected by such contractual agreements and may have come from a third or fourth party) but when it comes to a whole fleet I fear they many keep a tight control over how they are disposed.

Hope I’m wrong…I frequently am!

Anne

You can download the AI.IV manual for free from;

http://www.vmarsmanuals.co.uk/archive/files_index.htm

It’s item 258.

Anne

May not be what you’re looking for but interesting nonetheless.

http://www.whittsflying.com/web/WWII_RADAR_HISTORY/x10_The_Eagle_Story/index.htm

Anne

If the diameter is correct there is only one blade it could be which is RA10046. These were used on a number of props fitted to Spitfire Mks. VII, VIII, XI & XVI as well as the Seafire MK. III (also retro fitted to some earlier marks).

Very nice!

Anne

RA25917-14 = Argosy. You struck lucky there. I don’t have many drawing numbers from that era.

Anne