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This week I got a response from the National Military Museum that all data regarding sold inventory was deleted from the Military Aviation Museum system. So unfortunately this is a dead end.The museum should have some provenance on the blade, too.
Thank you all for your responses so far, appreciate your effort!
This week I got a response from the National Military Museum that all data regarding sold inventory was deleted from the Military Aviation Museum system. So unfortunately this is a dead end.
As said I am new to this kind of research, what archives do you mean? Can you send me some links? I have already signed up for - Aero Part Identify Board - | Index Is that what you are referring to?I suspect the only way you could learn the aircraft it was attached to is to search Handley Page's and Dehavilland's archives for the serial of the propeller to which it was attached, then the aircraft to which that prop was attached.
If the hub was to be used in a flying restoration, then they should have obtained provenance of the hub if available, (which would probably include the blade). You could contact them as a first option.So, they've destroyed the provenance, unless they sold the data along with the blade. I'm sure that archivists are shaking their heads and wringing their hands.
I was just thinking of the corporate archives of whatever company took over Dehavilland and Handley PageAccording to the seller there was no data sold along with the blade. Its hard to believe but unfortunately true.
As said I am new to this kind of research, what archives do you mean? Can you send me some links? I have already signed up for - Aero Part Identify Board - | Index Is that what you are referring to?
I was just thinking of the corporate archives of whatever company took over Dehavilland and Handley Page