Identifying some parts of Boeing B-17 aircraft
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The piece with the threaded thumb screw is a hose clamp
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Part 14 is possibly part of a parachute pack, part 16 could be a piece of armour from a flak jacket but looks a bit too big. What size is it?
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Hey, Ian, thank you A LOT. Do you maybe have some picture of parachute from which can be seen from which part is 14? Part 16 are 5cm x 5cm and is little concave.... Do you also know of some picture of that flat jacket to see how should it look?
Best regards, and tnx again!!
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I have the exact same clamp from a usaaf airbase site which only flew B-17 bombers but I don't know either what exactly it was made to clamp and will watch your post for more responses - excellent post thanks
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I have some bits too from a B-17 I went through that was crashed in the jungle in Vanuatu.
I have a hose clamp too!! Maybe water hose for cooling?
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