D.H MOSQUITO Tail wheel?

[frenchie]

Hello everyone,
Could you confirm for me that this tailwheel is indeed from a D.H. Mosquito? The person I got it from assured me that it was.
Thanks for your help.
Have a great day.
Laurent

 

[Wurger]

According to the Air Ministry list the Dunlop tail wheel A.H.O. 5007/2 was in use for the Typhoon, Tempest, Whirlwind and Lysander with the anti-shimmy 5.50-4 tyre. It is possible it could be used with the Bristol Blencheim Mk.V. The tyre WL 30 was usually fitted to the Blenheim and Typhoon. The DH Mosquito tail wheel was of the Dunlop-Marstrand 8.00 × 5 twin-track tyre and the wheel hub marking was AH10191. The tail fork also doesn't look like the Mosquito one. It is too "delicate". Also I got an impression the "fork" was modified by cutting or breaking off. See the bottom pic. IMHO it is from the Hawker Typhoon.

Hawker Typhoon tail wheel ...

the pic source: the net.

 

[frenchie]

According to the Air Ministry list the Dunlop tail wheel A.H.O. 5007/2 was in use for the Typhoon, Tempest, Whirlwind and Lysander with the anti-shimmy 5.50-4 tyre. It is possible it could be used with the Bristol Blencheim Mk.V. The tyre WL 30 was usually fitted to the Blenheim and Typhoon. The DH Mosquito tail wheel was of the Dunlop-Marstrand 8.00 × 5 twin-track tyre and the wheel hub marking was AH10191. The tail fork also doesn't look like the Mosquito one. It is too "delicate". Also I got an impression the "fork" was modified by cutting or breaking off. See the bottom pic. IMHO it is from the Hawker Typhoon.

Hawker Typhoon tail wheel ...

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the pic source: the net.

Hi Wurger,
Thanks for your help. It does indeed look like it was sanded or filed down very neatly. So, you would lean more towards a Hawker Typhoon? I noticed a white painted marking on the tire; I can't quite make it out—I think I see "Suffolk"?

 

[Wurger]

Hi Wurger,
Thanks for your help. It does indeed look like it was sanded or filed down very neatly. So, you would lean more towards a Hawker Typhoon? I noticed a white painted marking on the tire; I can't quite make it out—I think I see "Suffolk"?

Yes I lean more towards the Typhoon. However the Tempest also could be as these two types used the same tail wheel as memo serves. The white inscription isn't the factory standard marking but possible the maintenace crew could make that.

the pic source: the net.

 

[frenchie]

Yes I lean more towards the Typhoon. However the Tempest also could be as these two types used the same tail wheel as memo serves. The white inscription isn't the factory standard marking but possible the maintenace crew could make that.

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the pic source: the net.

Wurger—it just goes to show how memory can play tricks on you; the person I spoke to insisted it was a Mosquito! The facts speak for themselves, though—your answer is very clear and precise, and I agree with you. Do you think a maintenance crew might have marked their base location on that wheel back then? I'll do some digging myself to see if there were any Hawker Typhoon bases in Suffolk.
Thanks again for your help, Wurger.
Have a great day.
Laurent.

 

[Wurger]

Wurger—it just goes to show how memory can play tricks on you; the person I spoke to insisted it was a Mosquito! The facts speak for themselves, though—your answer is very clear and precise, and I agree with you. Do you think a maintenance crew might have marked their base location on that wheel back then? I'll do some digging myself to see if there were any Hawker Typhoon bases in Suffolk.
Thanks again for your help, Wurger.
Have a great day.
Laurent.

Regarding the inscription here .. everything is possible.

And here the Mosquito tail wheel. It can be noticed that the part is of different shape and size.

the pic source: the net.

 

[frenchie]

Regarding the inscription here .. everything is possible.

And here the Mosquito tail wheel. It can be noticed that the part is of different shape and size.

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the pic source: the net.

Ah yes, indeed, that's completely unrelated; the photos speak for themselves.
Great, thank you.

 

[Wurger]

My pleasure.