Not sure where you are here .

Top of the rail is to the left, bottom of the front of the fuselage is bottom right. I’m wondering if the end of the cable that is left is from the securing wire for the cowl

Richard

Right, I’m checking here rather than stating a fact: Isn’t it the left hand fitting with the remains of the cable for securing the engine cowl?

Richard

This is the fitting at the point where the wooden diagonal brace meets the upper longeron. It certainly matches the one on a Snipe.

Richard

Unfortunately, it is also very similar to the Pup equivalent – 1387-1 – so I’m not sure it exclusively identifies a Snipe instead of another Sopwith.

Were Snipes used in Greece?

It seems to me there are two approaches to this. It may be possible to find a component that exclusively identifies a particular type. Certainly some features discount some aeroplanes, like the stern post ruling out this being a Pup, but we haven’t spotted a ‘unique’ part yet

The other approach is to identify what it could or could not have been from aeroplanes that were in the area.

Richard

Richard

Those last two pictures are bugging me. The last piece with the six holes and two angled legs is very distinctive, I can’t work out where it comes from

And the part being held up – that bracket on the top of the left hand lump, I’m sure I’ve seen that somewhere. Those pieces are at the junction of quite a lot of bracing wires

Richard

I think we are all heading towards a Camel or later Sopwith aeroplane. Wikipedia has the Greek Navy owning four squadrons of Camels, taken from this document (in Greek):

http://www.haf.gr/el/articles/pdf/ae_89.pdf

Are there any clues to be had from the location? There were Camels based at Moudros in 1917

Richard

Pup sternpost:

Engine mount

Note, these images are scanned from the marvellous reprint of the SARD document on the 80hp Le Rhone Sopwith Scout, published by Albatross Productions

These images seem to confirm that this is a Sopwith aeroplane

Richard

OK, I’m feeling crazy…

N6432, N6433, N6470 or N6471

These four pups were sold to the Greek Navy for training

Richard

I have been checking through the SARD book on the Sopwith Scout (Pup to you). The engine mount is very Sopwith, the stern post looks extremely similar to the Pup one for a fixed empennage aeroplane

It would be interesting to see the part of the engine mount that is still in the weeds, this is where the synchroniser gear was mounted

There is some drivel about Pups here as well: http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/models/49407-sopwith-pup-b1807.html

Richard