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I have documents that I believe we're captured during the Kwajalein campaign. I came across an estate find which had a pre invasion D-Day map of Kwajalein Island and all the Japanese targets for Roi island marked. With this set was Japanese documents, hand drawn post cards and a good luck flag...

I've recently purchased a propeller blade that I have since identified as belonging to a DO-18. I believe this one was discovered in the English channel somewhere. Does anybody know if any other examples of wrecked or salvaged DO-18s exist today? Are parts for this aircraft hard to find? I can't...

Do any Do-18s exist today in museums or private collections?

Definitely lucky with the number being visible! Seeing they weren't too many of these aircraft flying around England this find becomes very unique and exciting to have. Love to find out how many of them were shot down around England just so the imagination could guess which one it might belong to.

I saw that picture. It looks like there was only about 68 in total in service during world war II. I can't imagine there's many of these examples out there so it's a pretty cool find I think. Considering the corrosion I would think this thing got fished out of the channel. I can't imagine there...

Where (if any) can I find a list of DO-18 losses in WWII?

I am pouring through photos of early do17's. Although the numbers correspond with do18s, is it possible that these blades were used for the bombers as well? This would explain why it ended up in Tunbridge I would imagine. Looking at black and white photos there are examples of aircraft that seem...

That is fantastic information! Good news so far thank you! Do you know if there is a German prop ID dictionary out there? Does anybody have a series of numbers that coincides with propeller blades to get an idea of what aircraft may have used it?

I'm pretty excited to see the outcome of this one :-)

Great Tom!! Some questions. So I am assuming when you say VDM it is in response to the numbers (saw the correction). What is the little emblem stamped into it mean? What company is it? It almost looks like it says b a t or b a l I can't make out the last character completely?

Yup. Thought it was 109 or 110 don't know for sure. Need help ID'ing form actual enthusiast instead of hashing through who is actually experienced giving good feedback vs model builders shooting off the hip with a fly by night opinion just to get noticed.

This blade looks like it was painted with rlm70. It seems like there are faint traces of red primer near the base but very very faint. The story is it was found in Tunbridge England in 1962. The amount of corrosion on it suggests either underwater or mud. I managed to scrape up some...

Awesome!!! Thank you!

That's what I figured :(

I have just purchased this P47 windscreen for my world war II aviation collection. I have found a series of numbers stamped to the side of this piece. will this number tell me anything about the aircraft that this piece was supposed to be attached to? I looked on Wikipedia and it seems all of...