Identification of light unit please A.M.marked

[coffman]

a newbie here

can anybody help with a identification Lamp marked A.M. Ref no 5c/645 and Ref 5c/559 any info would be great also i would like to see a photo of it in place on a aircraft.

 

[fubar57]

Lancaster I think. This one in red...

 

[coffman]

many thanks for your reply. am i right in thinking you are from Canada ?

 

[fubar57]

Yessir, the glorious left side of Canada. Right smack dab in the middle of B.C.

 

[MiTasol]

a newbie here can anybody help with a identification Lamp marked A.M. Ref no 5c/645 and Ref 5c/559 any info would be great also i would like to see a photo of it in place on a aircraft.

A standard part used on many aircraft from Anson to Wellingtons and Wirraways with red, green and clear lenses

 

[coffman]

Yessir, the glorious left side of Canada. Right smack dab in the middle of B.C.

A standard part used on many aircraft from Anson to Wellingtons and Wirraways with red, green and clear lenses

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many thanks, and guess what i found a photo of one on a hurricane restored from Canada on the forum.

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks for posting that. Yours truly had a hand in restoring it. See the thread "Calgary Hurricane on the Move"

 

[Richard Westmaas]

a newbie here View attachment 561726View attachment 561727View attachment 561728View attachment 561729Can anybody help with an identification Lamp marked A.M. Ref no 5c/645 and Ref 5c/559 any info would be great also I would like to see a photo of it in place on an aircraft.

This Upward Identification Lamp was placed on top of the fuselage of a Lancaster but also on top of one of the more than 3.800 Airspeed Horsa Assault Gliders.
See the photos of an original WW2 Horsa Glider fuselage at the Glider Collection Wolfheze, the Netherlands http://www.glidermuseum.nl/

 

[MiTasol]

Are you rebuilding a Horsa? If so can you start a threat on the project. Note that the glider museum site is closed until March 2021

This should be what you want -- 5C-645. I do not have a number or photo of the mounting ring around it but that almost certainly was an Airspeed part. Luckily it looks like you have enough remains of the mounting ring to be able to make a good drawing and convert that to plastic in a 3D printer

To confirm you can see the AM emblem on the right side and the p/n will be in a similar area.

probably one of the lenses for it -- 5C-614

 

[Richard Westmaas]

Are you rebuilding a Horsa? If so can you start a threat on the project. Note that the glider museum site is closed until March 2021

This should be what you want -- 5C-645. I do not have a number or photo of the mounting ring around it but that almost certainly was an Airspeed part. Luckily it looks like you have enough remains of the mounting ring to be able to make a good drawing and convert that to plastic in a 3D printer

To confirm you can see the AM emblem on the right side and the p/n will be in a similar area.
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probably one of the lenses for it -- 5C-614
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[Richard Westmaas]

I'm not building Horsa, but I'm refurbishing at the moment the Horsa glider rebuilt by the Assault Glider Trust at RAF Shawbury. This Horsa glider is now complete and in full glory on display at the largest war museum in the Netherlands, the War Museum Overloon. The glider already has a downward identification lamp. I'm now buying an Upward identification lamp.

 

[MiTasol]

Beautiful.
Any other photos, especially internal, would be welcome by many here.

 

[Airframes]

Thanks for that info.
I must make a point of visiting the museum when Karl and i (hopefully) get over to the Netherlands next year, Covid restrictions permitting.

 

[Richard Westmaas]

Beautiful.
Any other photos, especially internal, would be welcome by many here.

 

[Richard Westmaas]

Promo to get the by the Assault Glider Trust build Airspeed Horsa Mk1 Assault Glider too the Netherlands

 

[MiTasol]

Thanks. I was hoping for stills of the actual aircraft.

 

[Richard Westmaas]

Thanks. I was hoping for stills of the actual aircraft.

Airspeed Horsa Mk1 Assault Glider at the War Museum Overloon. With 2 Enfield rifles, 1 Bren machine gun, Bren magazine and Bergen commando/glider pilot backpack.

 

[Richard Westmaas]

Airspeed Horsa Mk1 Assault Glider at the War Museum Overloon. With 2 Enfield rifles, 1 Bren machine gun, Bren magazine and Bergen commando/glider pilot backpack.

Thanks. I was hoping for stills of the actual aircraft.

 

[MiTasol]

Very nice thank you

 

[Richard Westmaas]

Cockpit Horsa Mk1 Assault Glider at the War Museum Overloon