Identifying Aircraft Fuselage Panel

[Spitace41]

Hi all

I recently acquired this piece of fuselage panel but am having trouble identifying it, so was wondering if anyone could help?

I purchased it from a chap who served on the Falklands in 1983 clearing up. This may be a red herring as he also seemed to be a bit of a general military collector and he did not say specifically it was from the Falklands, but he didn't say it wasn't either. The colour scheme and A- made me think Pucara, however I have not seen the same style A in photos of the Pucara that I have found so far.

The closest A I found is on a Hawker Hurricane, but again not a perfect match.

Any suggestions would be appreciated as I fear I have exhausted my limited knowledge and resources at the moment.

Kind regards

James

 

[cammerjeff]

It could be a Pucara

source https://www.airliners.net/photo/Argentina-Air-Force/FMA-IA-58A-Pucara/2287410

 

[Spitace41]

Thanks Cammerjeff for the reply. Paint wise it matches, but I have not been able to find a match for the letter A, which on my panel has longer "legs" than I have seen on Falklands Pucara. That being said there could have been local variants I suppose?

Kind regards

James