Invictaman
Airman
- 22
- Oct 14, 2018
Ad: This forum contains affiliate links to products on Amazon and eBay. More information in Terms and rules
Unfortunately there are no numbers or letters to give the slightest clue I`m afraid just the unusual shapeAny numbers?
Good thought I'll measure it and see, I would imagine if it were metric it could be German.Just thinking...if the bold is in an English size it could narrow the search.
I have measured the bolt and it is 15mm so I guess German I'm afraid little else to go on, I'm buying books on WW2 cutaway aircraft drawings so they may throw something out. Thank you for your continued interest and help though!Another possibility could be measuring the distance between the rivet holes...if that is metric or inches. Otherwise, without numbers, it will be very difficult to ID this part.
Looking at it again...made me think. If it is German...then my thoughts go to the panel on to which the oxygen bottles are mounted. They have at least the same shape. Could you measure some different surfaces. I then could compare it with panels we have.
Okay the pictures you see now are from the other side of the panel, you will notice the other side of the bolt is the anchor nut which is covered by a square 22mm block. You can see where the other anchor nuts were an 11mm hole flanked by two smaller holes 20mm apart. The height of each corrugated part is 30mm, the spacing between the middle of each corrugated part is 150mm. And finally the rivet spacing on the curved edge is 25mm. I hope you can understand what i have written it you have any problems please let me know.Looking at it again...made me think. If it is German...then my thoughts go to the panel on to which the oxygen bottles are mounted. They have at least the same shape. Could you measure some different surfaces. I then could compare it with panels we have.
Will check the panels we have in our colection on thurseday...
That sounds interesting I'll do some research on the B-24 and see what I can find. The aluminium itself is fairly heavy gauge so it might lean towards it being part of the heavier construction of the plane, thanks for your input.Purely a guess, but perhaps a fragment of the inner surface of the wing from a B-24.
I remember seeing similar corrugated skin panels at a B-24 crash site in my area, many years ago. These were under the outer skin surface of the remains of one of the main wings.
Kingscoy thank you for your time and information I will continue my search and hopefully something will come along. ATB Invictaman.Found some photo's of a Luftwaffe oxygen panel on the internet...I have a similar example with bottle in my collection from a Me 109G-6. I think your part is not such a panel. However quite similar in shape lots of differences I'm afraid.
Junkers Ju 52 ?Any numbers?