RAF base dump - RRPG dig - Feb 2013

[Paul B]

Photo 9
10B/9121: Shroud, Aerial insulator, type 18
10A/7065: A receiver headset cover of some description. The one fitted to B and early C Type flying helmets was the 10A/7063.

Photo 11
What we thought was a blackout lamp cover is actually a Lucas pushbike dynamo.

[Steve T]

Some very nice bits there Salzburg Love the incendiary bit

[Steve T]

Many many HUGE thanks to mossie.

He has tracked down my two 'Increase Reaction' knobs !!!!

THANKS !

R1082 receiver

[LUCKYSTRIKE]

Excellent spot mossie, Steve you must be thrilled, nice pic of the beast.
LS

[Paul B]

Bits and bobs I found, still to be photographed, include:

B-17 strike camera door hinge
Assorted radio-related Air Ministry wiring connectors
Assorted ordnance-related Air Ministry wiring connectors
Bits of Lanc
Bits of Mossie
A couple of No.30 tail pistols
Arming wires and Fahnestock clips
Glim Lamp reflector
British pressed-brass button (With a pronounced dot on the edge, I thought I'd been lucky enough to find half an escape compass, but it's just a manufacturing artefact. )
Quick-release catch from a K Type Dinghy Pack

[hangarman]

Paul B, Sounds like an interesting lot, Look forward to seeing the pictures.

Hangarman

[Steve T]

Pictures !

[NickW]

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Lighting parts; Airfield light glass and bulb (thanks Paul for the bulb), piece of Glim light and Lucas bulb blackout cover
What's the thing on the left?

Object on left appears to be some form of electrical fuse, "Morganite" marked item on right is an electrode from a carbon arc lamp (company is still in business & makes brushes for electric motors)

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Gasket (why the small cog in the middle?) and other pieces

Not a gasket, but a frame plate from a clock

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Domestic items; what's Melanyl?

Melanyl was a permanent marking ink - see MELANYL | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

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Unidentified

Top black item looks like a rubber block section from a Mosquito U/C unit - but no scale so could be a vehicle suspension bump stop? Long item is a filter screen, probably aircraft engine or fuel related as I have found similar on digs.


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Unidentified

Rusty Pipe clip is a late wartime Wittek clip made in Chicago and fitted to most US aircraft - earlier ones are stainless steel and usually come out of the ground still usable!

[hangarman]

Attachment 464485
Unidentified

Rusty Pipe clip is a late wartime Wittek clip made in Chicago and fitted to most US aircraft - earlier ones are stainless steel and usually come out of the ground still usable!

The curvy brass piece in the r/h corner looks like the nozzle from a RAF mae west bladder.

Hangarman

[mossie]

The heel is from an raf shoe or boot,I have an identical one from a lancaster crash.

Mossie

The heel looks like its off a RAF Shoe /boot. Might even have an AM stamp on the top side!

Hangarman