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Thanks again to everybody who has responded. Based on the "55" stamped in the serial number section of the plate, it's been suggested that perhaps the plate comes from 42-96050, which was a B-26B-55-MA. This aircraft also collided over Gillingham, Kent, England on D-Day. It collided with...

I contacted the Glen L. Martin Museum in Maryland asking for any information they had on the ID plate. Stan Piet (Archive Director) of the museum kindly sent the following: " Nice to hear of the B-26 finds. Unfortunately the company kept no production records at all so we have little to...

Many thanks to Capt. Vick and Tony Kambic for their suggestions and information. The data plate for 'Flak Bait' is similar to the one that we have. However, there are some differences, such as only Flak Bait's has a date field and the serial number field seems to contain the model number i.e...

Hi, Boxted Airfield Museum has recently received an ID plate from the Frame Fuselage Aft section of (we assume) a Martin B-26 Marauder (please see attached photo). The plate carries the part number of R-274078 and has the number 577 stamped in the upper right section of the plate and the number...

Many thanks to Sutts for his help. As requested, here's some pictures below. For anyone interested, the wing spar has recently undergone conservation and will be on display in the museum with the information provided. Boxted Airfield

Boxted Airfield Museum has obtained a P-47 wing spar, which has aluminum panels and quiet a lot of wood in it. During the conservation, the wing spar box has revealed some part numbers in two lines: GF 59M A96 F12121-1 I would be grateful if anyone could tell us if these provide any...

The A4 or V-2 combustion chamber was part of a larger package gifted to the UK by Germany during WW2 :lol: Seriously though, I believe it was recovered from the mud in Felixstowe Harbour (Suffolk, UK). It was acquired by our museum and has been conserved to prevent further decay. It's on display...

Hi, This propeller blade (please see the the attached photographs) was recently donated by a local resident to our airfield museum - Boxted Airfield. As far as we know, it was recovered from the airfield or surrounding area, and has spent the last 70 or so years in someone's shed ! We hope to...