Is it no the job of the RAF Museum to preserve one of each type regardless of the personal whims of the management at the time?

Thanks, from what little I know it may be dated 1945 – Remington, kind of fits but not definite

Do you have a photo of the base of the round you found? That will tell where/when it was manufactured and calibre. I would expect 50 cal but that looks smaller

Also wrong front end

I passed on a Jaguar noise gear door from one of Colt’s T2s to the Norwich museum on the understanding that the sticker remained in place….

A large sticker stating proudly that ‘Jesus loves prawn*’ with an illustration of our saviour in action……

*might not actually be ‘prawn’

Hopefully they haven’t wrecked this significant bit of British Aviation heritage

Money and Duncan Sandys – or at least his thinking the manned interceptor’s day was over (he was not alone in this misconception) that’s it, post-war the Brits had some great ideas – but no money. The defence white paper of 1957 killed many promising (and some rubbish) plans. The Comet tragedy and lack of money meant we never re-established the lost ground vis the Americans in civil air transport.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_Defence_White_Paper

There’s more to it than that obviously, but mainly money – few people realise just how bankrupt the UK was in 1945 – Austerity is nothing new

Just because I’m feeling chippy – Me-262 or Lightning (USAAF version, not God’s chosen English Electric product)

just to add my 2d….. H&S is frequently used as a monolith to hide behind by those who decide for one reason or another that something is too expensive/difficult/popular/politically undesirable….. The H&S regs specifically point out it should NOT be used for this purpose, but as a tool to evaluate risk and enable informed decisions to be made about the best/safest way to approach a task….. but that doesn’t mean a task has to be abandoned if there is ANY risk, just that risk is best minimised and assessed.