Part of a helicopter?

[Capt. Vick]

Was watching a video where the melted down a a crashed C-46 and made plates out of it. Anyway they has a quick seen it was I assume is an aircraft junkyard and something caught my eye. What aircraft do you think it's from (the piece with the mouth painted on it)?

 

[mjfur]

The video is from China, most likely a P-40.

http://joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html

43-47200 (MSN 271) crashed Jun 18, 1945 in landing at Kunming, China

 

[Wurger]

You can be right . The part looks like the P-40 air intake .... to see that the pic has to be turned.

 

[vikingBerserker]

I wonder if that's a scrap yard as the aircraft body in the back ground and the tire doesn't look like a P-40.

 

[Wurger]

IMHO that's a B-25 ...

 

[mjfur]

Asisbiz Curtiss P-40E Warhawk 51FG16FS White 38 Pilot Dallas A. Clinger Kweilin, China 1942

www.asisbiz.com

 

[SaparotRob]

A sad end for a beautiful airplane.

 

[vikingBerserker]

B-25 was my first thought but the wing root looked too high. Might just be an optical illusion to me.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Holy cow! You guys are right. How did I miss that. Thought it may have been much after the war and was the nose on a Sikorsky helicopter. What an idiot. I feel shame.

 

[SaparotRob]

Holy cow! You guys are right. How did I miss that. Thought it may have been much after the war and was the nose on a Sikorsky helicopter. What an idiot. I feel shame.

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