Unknown wooden proeller

[johnb]

I have a wooden propeller that was found in a barn by my late father about 40 years ago. It lives on my office wall but I would like to identify it or the type of aricraft it came from. On the boss is inscribed (it has been over-painted to it's a bit difficult to read it all):

DRG NO D (could be L or E) 579/2
PRAG(?)A(?) B
R H T
D 5 2 P 3 132 (there is evidence of a 6 beneath the first 2)

Does anyone have any ideas?

(1/7/10 Photos added)

[Dave]

What is the length from tip to tip?

[johnb]

Unknown Wooden Propeller

Thanks Dave,

It is 5 foot tip to tip

[Dave]

It doesn't sound like a full length propeller, or at least one that was used on conventional aircraft of any kind. Early propellers (WW1 era) generally were in the 8 foot range or larger, and more modern propellers were typically about 6 feet or more in length. Many remaining artifact propellers were actually cut down due to damage at the tip, and some of the shorter ones were used for non-aircraft purposes.

I think we'd need to see a picture of this one, especially in the absence of legible numbers....

[johnb]

Thanks Dave, I'll try to get a picture off to you but this will probably be after the New Year. It may well have been cut down as I don't know the provenance but it looks uniform each side of the boss.

Regards and Thanks

John

[johnb]

Unknown wooden propeller

Hi Dave,

I now have the photos but i'm having trouble attaching them (blame me as a complete IT idiot).

Can I email them to you separately?

Regards

john

[Dave]

Hi Dave,

I now have the photos but i'm having trouble attaching them (blame me as a complete IT idiot).

Can I email them to you separately?

Regards

john

Yes. Click on my name on the left then click on the email send feature.

[Dave]

Photos added to original post.

[johnb]

Thanks Dave

John