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  • Help to Identify a pre WWII propeller

    Help please to identify a pre WWII wooden propeller. Length approx 8 feet, two blades with 8 holes in the hub. The propeller blades are covered in canvas and painted black.

    Markings near hub are:

    D. 2743 P.2655 G.1501.N15

    Y503 H.P. 110 -13

    ...the propeller is believed to have been on board a B-17 'Flying Fortress' that crashed in December 1943 in the mountains in Sligo Ireland. No idea why this propeller was B-17 baggage, possible a replacement for a single engine business/personal plane or simply a souvenir.

    Thanks,

    Dan

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    Dan,
    I'm out of town at the moment, but will try to look up those numbers when I get home. It certainly sounds like a WW1 era propeller that was just being transported as a souvenier. By the time the B17 was around, those props had very little actual use.
    Dave

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    • #3
      Dan,

      Your prop dates from around 1918-1920 and is British. It is from an Avro 504, powered by a Le Rhone 110hp engine. It was a very early war bird that flew in combat in 1914 and 1915 but such a good aircraft that it was adopted as a trainer, in which role it continued until 1940. The 'D' and 'P' numbers are the diameter and pitch in mm.

      With regards,

      Bob
      www.aeroclocks.com
      Bob Gardner
      Author; WW1 British Propellers, WWI German Propellers
      http://www.aeroclocks.com

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