I found this on Brighton Beach after a storm years ago. Size is about 1m (41") square. It had black, rubber-sheathed wiring running the length which has deteriorated.
I put callipers on one of the stainless nuts and it's metric so I suspect German (but could be a weird imperial size). Shot down (probably) in the English Channel near the Sussex coast it is most probably a piece of Battle of Britain salvage. I would love to identify the aircraft type.
I thought maybe the rusted mount at the front is an engine mount but it is pivoted.
I thought maybe its the landing gear housing behind the engine and the curved flange is the wing profile with the straight part sticking out on the right being a wing strut. But I can't ID it from any German bombers I have studied (or fighters!). I'm probably wrong. I've drawn a blank.
Can anyone see anything to clue me in to what section of what aircraft? Thank you.
I put callipers on one of the stainless nuts and it's metric so I suspect German (but could be a weird imperial size). Shot down (probably) in the English Channel near the Sussex coast it is most probably a piece of Battle of Britain salvage. I would love to identify the aircraft type.
I thought maybe the rusted mount at the front is an engine mount but it is pivoted.
I thought maybe its the landing gear housing behind the engine and the curved flange is the wing profile with the straight part sticking out on the right being a wing strut. But I can't ID it from any German bombers I have studied (or fighters!). I'm probably wrong. I've drawn a blank.
Can anyone see anything to clue me in to what section of what aircraft? Thank you.