Our new friend's IP is from the UK. Even though the part numbers shown follow the Consolidated codex indicated on Aviation Archaeology, I see no smoking gun there and sometimes the codex numbers aren't accurate, especially if the aircraft or assemblies were built by a subcontractor. I've been on board a PBY and although it's been several years, that structure doesn't look familiar. I would find it very unlikely for this item to be from a PBY from what I'm seeing.
There are some fluid line fittings in pairs at the curved section. The way they're paired I would guess hydraulic lines, one set out, the other return.
The corroded fasteners in the 2nd photo look like huck pins and are used in high shear loads.
The opening has 2 hinge looking items that look like they would support a prop rod rather than being structural hinges.
After looking at some interior photos, there was a hatch on the top left fuselage just forward of the pylon. A clear shot of this area would certainly be the smoking gun to solve this.
Thanks lads for the replys i will try and get some more identification numbers if possible and post the pics .ps i removed the skinning some years ago and applied some nose art, the camoflage is grey and green, possibly Coastal Command.
If this was from a PBY, there was either some major repairs done or this aircraft was quickly disassembled. In the photographs there were some rivet holes that were elongated indicating rivets were drilled out (I doubt they left the factory that way).
Hi Flyboy, wreckage found by my father on the embankment of a busy mainline railtrack some forty years ago in North East England.I drilled out rivets to remove skin. Black inner surface puzzles me as all photos of PBY show green interior.