Identification of aircraft parts

IBC · Jan 20, 2019

Hello, Can i get some help from your guys again on those parts.

daveT · Jan 22, 2019

The controls are from a WW2 bomber. Can you please post all that is written on the controls next to the levers.
______ pilot off ____ Wheel Lock __ Bombs doors open
maybe a lodestar, Hudson, Havoc or similar medium bomber
The Sperry Gyro Horizon Indicator was used on many different WW2 aircraft. Looks like an early war model. It could be from the same WW2 bomber that the controls came from.

IBC · Jan 23, 2019

daveT said:
The controls are from a WW2 bomber. Can you please post all that is written on the controls next to the levers.
______ pilot off ____ Wheel Lock __ Bombs doors open
maybe a lodestar, Hudson, Havoc or similar medium bomber
The Sperry Gyro Horizon Indicator was used on many different WW2 aircraft. Looks like an early war model. It could be from the same WW2 bomber that the controls came from.

Thank you for the reply, this is the best picture I have now. I will get better photos today.

daveT · Jan 23, 2019

I can now see that it says "tail wheel lock"
That narrows it down quite a bit.
The bomber is a tail dragger

daveT · Jan 23, 2019

Confirmed! The control is from a Lockheed Hudson
you can see it in this photo
File:Hudson cockpit, old compass position.png - Wikimedia Commons

Wurger · Jan 23, 2019

fubar57 · Jan 23, 2019

Good stuff Dave

special ed · Jan 23, 2019

excellent detective work.

IBC · Jan 23, 2019

daveT said:
Confirmed! The control is from a Lockheed Hudson
you can see it in this photo
File:Hudson cockpit, old compass position.png - Wikimedia Commons

Thank you very much for the help! You were quick to find this out is there something that tells me how old it is(1940-45) so I can narrow down what plane it is.

Crimea_River · Jan 23, 2019

Unless it was recorded as removed from a particular airframe or recovered from a known crash site it's not likely that it will be attributable to a specific aircraft.

IBC · Jan 24, 2019

Crimea_River said:
Unless it was recorded as removed from a particular airframe or recovered from a known crash site it's not likely that it will be attributable to a specific aircraft.

Thanks for the details, I have no information about the crash site.

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