British Airfield refuse dump.
Article about: Nice photos, the mirror looks similar to an early war Spitfire type but the mounting is wrong, they were always aluminium. That said it could have been used on a truck or bike after it was s
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Nice photos, the mirror looks similar to an early war Spitfire type but the mounting is wrong, they were always aluminium. That said it could have been used on a truck or bike after it was scrapped. There sould be an A 'crown' M logo stamped into the back under the crud. The big brass cylinder looks like a thermostat valve out of an aircraft cooling system. Do the bakelite rotor arm cover and magneto face fit together? looks like they could! Thanks for posting. If you find a chromed switch with up/down on either side I would be very interested!
Last edited by ian_; 10-21-2010 at 08:52 PM.
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John, I'm pleased this thread has helped you ID the gas mask bits, give them a good clean Im sure they'll have some markings.
Ian, Thanks for all your help with ids on this thread its been most helpful, I'll see if I can marry up the rota arm cover with the magneto housing, it'll be great if they do. I'll also look out for the switch, but as you know its always pot luck what comes up, but you never know.....
Steve, Again thanks for the confirmation on the thermostat housing, it's a heavy peice of kit. I know what you mean when you say it seems strange to put a brass mirror in a light weight aircraft, but as far as I know most were made of brass although the brass is quite thin which I suppose helps.
I was talking to the curator of the Army Flying museum a while back and he told me that some pre and even early WW2 planes did not have rear facing mirrors fitted as standard?, this surprised me but he said that the pilots would sometimes buy them themselves and fit them. Perhaps he was confused with the wars because they have impressive displays of WW1 aircraft and relics as well.
All the best for now.
LUCKYSTRIKE
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Hello
I just cleaned mine off and it's dated 1940
Did that torch have any markings?
nice to see the gallon jar come up shame it didn't have markings i bet it would have made your day if it did
cheers
John
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HI John,
John
Thats a result 1940 heh, did you get any marking on the lens surround a date or mark no?. I must say I was surprised to get the 'Flagon Jar' from its type of glaze I'd say it was 1930/40's.Tthey were manufactured and used right up to the 60's.
I couldn't find any markings on the torch unfortunately.
All the best.
LS
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Hi guys..the mirror IS aircraft and used on everything from DH82 s to early
Spitfire MKs,the latter round mirrors are also brass!
The strut I suspect is a PITOT tube mount,as it will require the 2 tubes,for the ASI
and static tube, from its size it looks to be off a twin or larger.
Nice Finds
Regards Mike
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