I think you will find that this is the base of a flare case. I believe that 27mm is the standard size for a flare pistol.
D.
Looks like flare gun too me also.
John
I specialize in M1 carbines and Lugers.
Could be the driving charge for a large caliber mortar round. 27 mm is big though.
Cheers
Aircraft engine starter cartridge?....
Could be Gunny, Coffman cartridge start shells used to be either 10 or 12 bore (Gauge) if I recall when we used them to start DH Chipmunks in the ATC at Ternhill back in the late 70's. Generally speaking the case was often crushed eliptically though by the engines rotation. There's one for an F4 Phantom at Cosford thats bigger than a half gallon paint tin!
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
No airfield close to location sorry
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