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So, just spit-balling here, but the "finished edge" area I've circled looks like a cut-out where a gun might have protruded. Could it possibly be a turret cover of some sort? USAAF perhaps from the zinc chromate/OD paint? Hopefully someone can figure it out - Good luck.Hello All,
Greetings from a newbie to the forum.
Some wreckage was washed up yesterday, close to RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland. I took them home for cleaning and
ID. I have found a part number and stamp, quite clearly visible. Would someone kindly help with ID please?
Numbers 92105 and a circular stamp with P, ABP and C.
Many thanks in advance.
Paul.
Could it be from a Defiant? may be the manufacturer mark/stamp is for the Boulton Paul Aircraft Company? Can someone verify the company's logo?Thanks for the replies. Much appreciated all. We still don't have confirmation based on part numbers or stamps, but it has been suggested by two independent individuals that the parts look to be from an Airspeed Oxford.
I did some research based on this and discovered a mid air collision within a few hundred metres of the find spot! So I think we are onto something now.
But I'd really like to be 100% sure with the part numbers etc.
Mid-air collision Accident Airspeed Oxford Mk I N6297,
Airspeed Oxford Mk.1 N6297, 15 SFTS, RAF Lossiemouth: On 1.8.1939, the crew was engaged in a training exercise. While flying off RAF Lossiemouth, the twin engine aircraft collided in unkn...aviation-safety.net
Your choice for Whitley's off Lossiemouth are, BD255 but twelve miles off Lossie, BD291 Spey Bay, BD294 Off Covesea, BD627 Spey Bay , LA836 3 miles off shore Lossiemouth.
BD627 files below:
Problem is that sub assemblies were made by a variety of contractors who all had each an AID inspector attached to them and stamped according to the contractor. Each contractor could be working on sub assemblies for a variety of aircraft so it is not straight as straight forward as an early Spitfire with the stamp "VACB " Vickers Armstorg Castle Bromwich. When production was dispersed the number of AID inspection stamps increased. The part no "92105" should be moe traceable if someone has the Whitley parts catalogue. Dead easy for spitfires as the Part number starts "300"
Absolutely correct, easy when you have a list of prefixes for each Mark. What I should have said is that Supermarine prefixes in the 300 series relate to different Marks of Spitfire. I agree, there is the further complication where aircraft were modified on repair so may have more than one different prefix depending on the modification e.g wing conversions.Not so.
Every new part fitted to the Mk I had the 300 prefix but each subsequent model has its own prefix,
If part 300nn-nnn is modified, or additional, and introduced on the Mk II it will have a 329nn-nnn part number but all the parts carried over from the Mk I have 300 numbers. New parts introduced on the Mk V are prefixed 349, Mk VII new parts are prefixed 359 etc. New parts for the universal wing have a separate prefix as do Vokes filter, floats, drop tanks and numerous other parts. Therefore a Mk IX for example can have an assortment of parts with all those, and other, prefixes.
Add to that, just to keep you on your toes, parts carried over from earlier aircraft still have the part prefix relevant to that aircraft.