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Hi BC1It might be helpful if you could identify the beach where the relic was found. There were not too many German aircraft brought down over/off there and I can look at possible candidates.
I measured the bolt and it was 15mm.The head of the fastener in the structure - is there any way to determine if it's metric or standard?
There are rivet holes but no rivet heads, this piece has been washed around for some time.I would ask firstly where are the rivets if it was from aircraft. Even if the plane would be crashed there were remained rivets, at least a couple of them.,.
I measured the bolt and it was 15mm.
Sadly no, there is very little to go on. I've just got a book of pictures of cutaway WW2 aircraft and the only one with corrugations like mine is a Whitley bomber! The plot thickens.No markings on top of the fastener? Sometimes they are marked.
That looks interesting, i wonder if the debris could travel across the North Sea. Did any of these fly close to the UK during the war do you know?Junkers Ju 52 ?View attachment 513629
I guess that rules one plane out then!IMHO iit is not the kind of corrugating used for the Ju Tente.
Aluminium !I must agree. If it is from a plane it would be from interior rather than used as metal skin.
Is the metal you found steel or aluminium ?
There is one rivet and the aluminium is of a fairly thick gauge.
This has always been a possibility that`s why I am 99.9% sure it was part of an aircraft.I've seen corrugated that was flattened on the top in boats.
So the rivets must have been of the sugar.
Strange. It is first time I see a such part without rivets even if a plane was crashed and fell apart entirely.
That`s sounds helpful as the only rivet on there has no head and the shank that is left behind is badly corroded, thanks for the post!I have found some British rivets corrode badly and you can flip the rivet head off with your finger nail. Not seen that on American rivets and I have absolutely zero experience of Continental rivets from ww2