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Yup. Thought it was 109 or 110 don't know for sure. Need help ID'ing form actual enthusiast instead of hashing through who is actually experienced giving good feedback vs model builders shooting off the hip with a fly by night opinion just to get noticed.I saw this posted to one of my FB groups. Was it you that posted it?
Great Tom!! Some questions. So I am assuming when you say VDM it is in response to the numbers (saw the correction). What is the little emblem stamped into it mean? What company is it? It almost looks like it says b a t or b a l I can't make out the last character completely?The only airframe I have on my list that used the VDM 9-11019.xx blade design is the Do 18 - BUT my list is far from complete and it is quite possible that the blade design was fitted to other airframes as well.
edit: sorry typo, changed 11018 to 11019
I'm pretty excited to see the outcome of this oneYou have come to right place. Give us a few days, and I am sure we will have everything identified.
That is fantastic information! Good news so far thank you! Do you know if there is a German prop ID dictionary out there? Does anybody have a series of numbers that coincides with propeller blades to get an idea of what aircraft may have used it?Hey littorio,
I think the logo in the octagon is for the "Bauaufsicht der Luftwaffe" which was the agency that did general acceptance inspection of incoming equipment for the German Luftwaffe during? prior to? WWII. Similar to the UK Air Ministry's Aeronautical Inspection Department (AID) which was the agency responsible for inspecting and certifying that materials and equipment meet standards.
I saw that picture. It looks like there was only about 68 in total in service during world war II. I can't imagine there's many of these examples out there so it's a pretty cool find I think. Considering the corrosion I would think this thing got fished out of the channel. I can't imagine there are many English crash sites to choose from the question is where can I find a list. Perhaps this one was shot down closer to England since it still retains the original paint for the most part and relatively intact. I'm thinking something that was out in deeper ocean would have gotten beat up if it was caught in a dragnet and brought to the top maybe?There was a recent photo on Ebay of a Do 18 sinking in the channel said to have been shot down by a Hudson.
Definitely lucky with the number being visible! Seeing they weren't too many of these aircraft flying around England this find becomes very unique and exciting to have. Love to find out how many of them were shot down around England just so the imagination could guess which one it might belong to.Hi Littorio,
The corrosion Gods were just-about helpful! Yes, I make that 9-11019.10 which is the VDM prop for the Do 18 with Jumo 205 pushing engine/prop.
Cheers
Eng