Thanks Anon. If it’s a Blenheim the date of 1947 is wrong, which is quite possible of course.

I just received from the museum a translation of a note in Arabic which was with the remains:

It had three people in it. None died in it. They were carried to Sharjah’s Al Mahatta on camels. Pots and pans were made out of it. 1947. Civilian plane coloured white. 52

Mysterious to say the least!

Laurence

I have tried to enhance the part in the last but one picture (a casting with a square hole and a round hole) but cannot make out the numbers. Can someone with more skill try it for me? Thanks

Thanks Andy. I can’t see that number you mention. I see BS3096 on the angled threaded bit (? fuel connection at a guess). In any case Blenheim in 1947 would not fit. They were at Sharjah around 1942/43. But maybe the circumstances of the crash are different from what the museum was told: I am still working on that.

As I said in my first post, I cannot confirm the circumstances of the crash. I only have the information sent to me by the museum. I have asked them for any more information they may have.

Thanks Scrooge. Every little helps, they say, even though the seats are light in terms of total weight!
I thikn we can conclude that they are Dove seats.