Can anyone identify this big wooden propeller found in Denmark?

[laga5270]

Hi

A friend of mine found this propeller in the cellar of his parents while tidying up from his late mother. He has no idea where it comes from, but it was standing on some kind of "display-foot" and looked quite interesting.

It is made of Wood with metal on the edges, lenght approx. 180 cm Width 36 cm.

A lot of Allied and german planes crashed in Denmark during WW2 - could it be from one of these?

I hope you can help - Thanks in advance.

Regards
Lars

[laga5270]

Anyone??

Perhaps I should inform you that 180 cm is approx. 71 inches and 37 cm is apprx. 13 inches.

Unfortunately the propeller has no markings.

Just a wild guess?

Regards
Lars

[pmdec]

Hi,

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Unfortunately the propeller has no markings.
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Regards
Lars

This kind of blades are often marked inside the blade root: look at the pictures of this thread (in French, and not the same blade which is 166cm long):
http://forum.aviation-ancienne.fr/t7...n-d-une-helice

Regards,
PM

[laga5270]

Hi PM

Thanks for the tip - but this propeller doesn´t have any markings like that.

Meanwhile I have surfed the internet and came across this link

http://www.tennants.co.uk/Catalogue/Lots/121793.aspx

with a descripton and Pictures of a Lancaster propeller, approx. same height and width and folded metal bound edges.

I can see they are not exactly alike, but could this be some sort of variant?? -

Not far from here was during the war a german Air field - right after the war the British removed the propeller from the aeroplanes could it be one of these?

http://www.fynskebilleder.dk/billede...nge-flyveplads


is my guesses far out or.....????

Regards
Lars

[pmdec]

Hi,

You can't find for which plane was made a prop by its appearance. There were many props looking "alike" and which were for different aircraft. Only markings can be trusted.

Your blade seems to be constructed like the one of the thread I wrote the address. So it is probably Deutsch, but without markings you can never know for which aircrafy it was made. Have you tried to clean the blade root? Some Deutsch props were only marked with paint on the blade.

Regards,
PM

[laga5270]

Hi PM

Thank you for your hint - I have shown your reply to my friend and he will try to clean it up - so we´ll just have to wait and see.

Meanwhile I will search in the local newspapers archives to try to find out what happened to the propeller that were removed from the german airplanes at fliegerhorst Beldringe (Odense)
http://www.battlefieldsww2.com/Airfield_Odense.html

I remember having seen Pictures of locals visiting the airfield and climbing around the airplanes right after the germans left - perhaps the propeller is a souvenir from one of those visits.

Please feel free to comment on my thoughts

Regards
Lars