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Here is a relic from a R-1830 Twin Wasp engine

The Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp is an American air-cooled radial aircraft engine.  The design traces its history to 1929 experiments at Pratt & Whitney on twin-row designs. Production began in 1932 and it was widely used during the 1930s.

It was selected as the power plant for both B-24 Liberator heavy bomber and the  Douglas DC-3 transport, two of the most-produced aircraft making it the most-produced aviation engine in history. Unfortunately the history of the aircraft is unknown but it was located in the Arnhem area of Holland so most likely a relic from the Market garden operation.

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Here is a control crank from a JU 88  its from the tail or to control the elevator, its obviously from a crash but we have no idea of the identity of the aircraft still a nice rare peace.

Shown above the JU 88. The JU88 Was one of the most versatile German aircraft of the war.

It was first designed in 1936 and amazingly flew later that year as a fast daylight bomber it was soon shown to have excellent performance and was used in multiple roles throughout the war.

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This is a really great peace it is a landing light control from a Hurricane along with original peaces of airframe, canvas and labels mounted on a peace of plywood.

Unfortunately we do not know the identity of the aircraft.

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Seen above right the landing light control in situ in a Hurricane

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This collection of Relics came from a crash sight in Arnhem, clearly from a US made aircraft.

A fascinating collection from one of the famous battles of WWII the purchase price includes all the items in the p[ictures.

Being a mainly British operation "Market Garden" the fact the jack box has an airminstry plate this is from an aircraft almost certainly being operated by the RAF.

These were purchased from a collector in Holland many being held for many years  the detailed history has been lost if in fact it was ever known.

The most likely source of these parts is the C47 which were used extensively by the RAF during this operation , dropping troops and towing gliders.

Nearly 80 C47s were lost in operation Market Garden.

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   Shown above a C47 dropping paratroops over Arnhem note the British markings on the aircraft.

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Here is a piston from a P38 recovered in Poland. Unfortunately no details of the actual aircraft came with this piece.

Shown under P 38 J Lightening

 First flight of the prototype took place on January 27, 1939 and the first service models were delivered in June, 1941.

Nicknamed “Der Gabelschwanz Tuefel,” or “the fork-tailed devil,” by the German Luftwaffe, the P-38 shared credit for the destruction of the first German aircraft by an U.S. Army Air Force fighter on August 14, 1942.  The P-38 primarily served in Europe and North Africa. Its long range and twin engines made it well suited to duty in the Pacific, although smaller numbers were deployed to the Pacific theatre due to production limits.

The P-38 played a vital role in Allied war efforts, helping to achieve air superiority over Africa in 1942 and 1943. One of the more famous P-38 missions took place on April 18, 1943. In a well planned mission, 16 P-38s took off from Guadalcanal and intercepted Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto’s plane, shooting it down near Shortland Island in the Pacific.  By war’s end, the P-38 was responsible for downing more Japanese aircraft than any other Allied plane.

As the war went on the P-38 turned out to be much more than just a combat aircraft.  Many P-38s were fitted with cameras and used as reconnaissance aircraft, providing valuable intelligence data throughout the war.

By 1944 P-38s were being phased out, but continued to play a major role in the war effort in both combat and reconnaissance roles until VE Day. Some of the aircraft that stayed in service after the war were transferred to the new United States Air Force and re designated as F-38s in June, 1948.  By 1950 all of the P-38/F-38s were retired from service.

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This is a Merlin reduction gear recovered from the crash sight of Hurricane BE 566 flown by Robin Mac Nair.

He took off from Charmy Down and was shot down while protecting Bath during the German Blitz on 25th April 1942.

This piece was supplied by the person that excavated the aircraft under licence from the MOD.

Robin John McNair was born on 21st May 1918 in London and was educated at Gaveney House, Hampstead and Douai Schools.

He joined the RAFVR in March 1939 as an Airman u/t Pilot and began his flying training at 16 E&RFTS Shoreham.

 Called up on 1st September 1939, he completed his training and arrived at 5 OTU Aston Down on 7th July 1940. He converted to Spitfires and joined 3 Squadron at Wick on 28th July where he flew Hurricanes.

On 28th September McNair was posted to 249 Squadron at North Weald. He went on to 96 Squadron when it was formed at Cranage on 18th December 1940. He destroyed a He111 over Liverpool on 12th March 1941. With his tour completed, McNair was posted to a night-fighter OTU as an instructor.

He was commissioned in November 1941. In early 1942 McNair joined 87 Squadron at Charmy Down and flew with the squadron in the Dieppe operation on 19th August.

He was awarded the DFC (gazetted 22nd September 1942). In October he was posted to 245 Squadron at Middle Wallop and became a Flight Commander in early 1943.

McNair was given command of 247 Squadron at Merston in January 1944 and led the squadron to Normandy in June. Whilst leading it on an armed reconnaissance in July, his Typhoon was hit by flak and his engine failed. McNair glided over enemy lines through intense fire and landed in a field.

He was posted away in August, became CFI at 55 OTU Aston Down and was awarded a Bar to the DFC (gazetted 26th September 1944).

In 1945 McNair converted to Meteors and was in command of 74 Squadron when he was released from the RAF in January 1946.

McNair joined the Ministry of Civil Aviation, then went to British European Airways on its foundation in 1946. From 1951 to 1956 he was deputy to Lord Amherst, director of BEA's Associated Companies and helped to establish smooth commercial relations between the airline's foreign subsidiaries. After holding a series of senior appointments, which entailed responsibility for the establishment of new routes and overseas marketing, McNair retired in 1979 from British Airways, into which BEA and BOAC had merged.

He died on 18th May 1996 in Chichester.

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The BMW engine plate and air speed indicator instrument face was acquired from a shop in Crete in 1975, the shop owner said they had come from a JU 52 crash site in the area of Suda bay Crete, and that the remains of the JU 52 were found in the early 1960's and were from a crash sight from the invasion of Crete in 1942.

The ASI face has the reference FL 22215

£155

HERE WE HAVE  A GENUINE MACHINE G__ LINK CHUTE AS FOUND ON HAWKER HURRICANE BW874 CRASH SITE ON OCT 96. IT WAS CLEANED, IDENTIFIED. IT HAS SMALL DENTS , IT DIDN'T BURNT AND IS NOT CORRODED MADE OF ALUMINIUM

INCLUDING THE SEA HURRICANE XIIA,CANADIAN CAR & FOUNDRY BUILT 1,451 HURRICANES, ALSO TURNED OUT 1,206 WINGS (MOST W 12 X .303 BROWNING MG MOUNTS) AND 1,168 OLEO LEGS

£65

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Dornier 17 Access panel (pg1 air)

This is a really superb and rare , its the petrol tank dip stick access panel taken as a souvenir from DO17Z-3 built by Siebel of Halie in January 1940.

Unfortunately the history of this aircraft has been lost over time and no records were made of the DO 17 aircraft serial numbers prior to late August 1940 but it is still a stunningly well preserved piece from this iconic German aircraft .

Find this piece listed in airframe link here

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JU 87 B Stuka Access panel and data plate (pg1 air)

A superb Battle of Britain piece.

This is an access panel and data plate taken from the crash site of Junkers JU87B of 2./Stukageschwader 77 that crashed into Fishbourne Creek on the 18th August 1940.

 The reverse carries the black painted serial number 5518 in addition it has the component plate Weser Flugzeugbau srie 10317/504 Zeichn 8.87.100 Fabr Monat 10.39.

 The back of the frame carries the full details of the aircraft plus a photo of the Pilot under guard at Chichester.

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Here we have a  Spade Handle Round Top Victory bell. It's Handle Marked with a V without the  Morse code. These were cast from the remnants of enemy aircraft shot down during WWII over Great Britain. This information is written around the base of the bell. It was produced for the RAF benevolent fund. Cast in metal from German Aircraft Shot down over Britain 1939-1945 and has pictures of the big three Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin. The bell is in good condition for its age and there is no pitting on the inside or out

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Here we have a  Mushroom Handle Round Top Victory bell. It's Handle Marked with a V and ...- which is Morse code for V. These were cast from the remnants of enemy aircraft shot down during WWII over Great Britain. This information is written around the base of the bell. It was produced for the RAF benevolent fund. Cast with metal from German Aircraft Destroyed over Britain 1939-1945 and has pictures of the big three Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin. The bell is in good condition but there is some pitting on the in the bell. This was produced by The Bucks Die-Casting Company in Burnham.

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Here we have Victory Plaque which consists of Churchill's bust on the Letter V

This Measures Approximately 280mm x 213mm and is made from cast aluminium

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This is a piece of tubing from a Handley page Halifax LL505 which crashed  on the 20/10/44 in the lake district.

Pilot - F/O John Armstrong Johnston RCAF (C/29783), aged 27, of Carp, Ontario, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester.
Navigator - F/O Francis Aubrey Bell RCAF (J/39888), aged 33, of Hampton, New Brunswick, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester.
Bomb Aimer - P/O Robert Newton Whitley RCAF (J/38243), aged 20, of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester.
Flight Engineer - Sgt William Brisbane Ferguson RAFVR (1826294), aged 19, of Caldercruix. Buried New Monkland Cemetery, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - Sgt Calvin George Whittingstall RCAF (R/198207), aged 20, of Mount Dennis, Ontario, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester.
Air Gunner - Sgt Donald Fraser Titt RCAF (R/271259), aged 19, of Rockwood, Ontario, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester.
Air Gunner - Sgt George Riddoch RCAF (R/259938), aged 20, of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester.
Flight Engineer - Sgt Harvey Ellsworth Pyche RCAF (R/225354), aged 21, of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada. Buried Blacon Cemetery, Chester.

Halifax LL505 came to grief on Great Carrs in the Lake District on the night of 22nd October 1944 while the crew were undertaking a night navigation exercise flying from Topcliffe in Yorkshire. The crew; seven Canadians and one Scot, took off from Topcliffe at 14.05hrs and the flight plan would have seen them navigate to various turning points in the UK before returning to land back at base on completion of the training exercise. By 18.56hrs the crew had encountered very thick cloud whilst over the north-west of England and they became hopelessly lost. They made a series of radio transmissions including a "Darky" message beginning at 18.56hrs that were picked up on the ground. Upon receiving the "Darky" Topcliffe Flying Control transmitted instructions including a bearing fly to locate Topcliffe and a height to remain above to clear high ground. Half an hour later the crew were still struggling and were informed to climb to a safe height of 4,000ft and to orbit the area they were flying over. Topcliffe Flying Control made a request to Church Fenton airfield that a Mosquito be scrambled to assist the Halifax crew. A first 307 Squadron Mosquito ("A-165") flown by P/O Jerzy Nowakowski and F/O Emil Sluszkiewicz was dispatched at 19.50hrs, the Mosquito would have probably been equipped with the latest night-fighting direction finding equipment and with the Halifax presumably being only one in the area the Mosquito crew were homed to it with the aim of guiding the Halifax crew to make a safe landing. The Mosquito crew were successful in locating the Halifax but literally as they located it they witnessed it crash on Great Carrs. The first Mosquito landed at Church Fenton at 21.10hrs. A second Mosquito ("N-113") took off at 22.05hrs and landed back at Church Fenton at 22.55hrs. What appears to have happened is that instead of climbing the crew descended so they could get a visual fix on the ground but by this stage it was flying too low in the heart of the Lake District. The aircraft hit a sloping grass and rock strewn fellside near to the top of Great Carrs while flying in roughly from the west and sadly all on board were killed.

Here is a Bomb release mechanism from a B17 Bomber

This part has been released from a private collection and all I can tell you is this aircraft crashed at Hanningfield in Essex during WWII.

£35

Here is a Bomb release mechanism from a B17 Bomber

This part has been released from a private collection and all I can tell you is this aircraft crashed at Hanningfield in Essex during WWII.

£35

Here is a Bomb release mechanism from a B17 Bomber

This part has been released from a private collection and all I can tell you is this aircraft crashed at Hanningfield in Essex during WWII.

£35

Here is a trailing aerial from a B17, this part has been released from a private collection and all I can tell you is this aircraft crashed at Hanningfield in Essex during WWII.

£35

The following engine parts all come from the Merlin of Hurricane P2985

Hurricane P2985

The following parts were recovered from the crash site of Hurricane P2985. I can guarantee the provenance of these piece's and will supply the new owner with three pages of A4 listing information of the 303 Squadron Pilot Waclow Lapkowski who was flying this aircraft when he was shot down on the 5th of September 1940. In addition a copy of the combat report is included. I will also supply the history of these piece's since its recovery so it is fully traceable to the dig site.

303 RAF Polish Squadron was the top scoring Squadron of the Battle of Britain and as such these are hugely desirable piece's of History for the Battle of Britain collector.

Waclaw Lapkowski

Born on 6th November 1913, Waclaw Lapkowski was in the Polish Air Force before the war and was serving with its 112 Squadron at the outbreak of war. On 6th September 1939 he shared a He111 and a Do17 with a He111 destroyed on the 9th.

This is an oxygen control valve which turned on and off the Pilots oxygen supply an identical unit is fitted to the RHS of the Spitfire cockpit an undamaged example can be seen here. 

I bought this example-le from the person that recovered the wreckage of a Wellington Bomber R1589 of 57 Squadron on the 4th of July 1941 near Southery.

 Pilot Sgt William Hoskins of Wellington R1589 DX and his gunner Sgt Robert Simeon Sparks crashed, they are buried near to each other. Their plane crashed on Southery Road Feltwell with unexploded bombs in the wreckage.

See here for details of their burial

The Lancaster headed out over the Norfolk coast to rendezvous with aircraft drawn from other airfields in the N. East. The armada then crossed the German coast just south of the border with Denmark, before heading south-east to the target area. Several aircraft fell prey to the German air defences on the way out, and were seen to plunge down to earth in flames. JB659 survived and completed her mission. The pilot turned onto a heading to take the Lancaster on the first leg of the journey back to Bourn, a journey which, tragically, was not to be completed.

As the aircraft neared the Dutch coast, a Messerschmitt night-fighter dived out of the night sky and attacked the bomber. The Lancaster stood no chance against the firepower and superior manoeuvrability of the Messerschmitt, and the encounter ended when the cockpit of the Lancaster was blasted away from the fuselage and hurtled down to earth, taking the bodies of the pilot and the born aimer with it.

The remainder of the plane, with two of the four engines still running, crashed in flames onto a farmhouse, some five miles south of Amsterdam, killing the farmer and his family.

The bodies of Allan Hart and Gordon Williams were recovered bv the Germans, and buried in the local cemetery at Zwanenburg, where the graves are now cared for by Rosalind Emerson, a Norfolk lady now living in Holland. The bodies of the Dutch family were also recovered and buried at Zwanenburg. The other five members of the crew of JB659 were however buried deep inside the fuselage at the crash site, and had remained so for some 57 years.

Plans were in hand to build a marina, and as the work involved the site of the 1944 crash, a Royal Dutch Airforce Salvage Team was called to excavate the wreckage and recover the remains of the five airmen.

After consultations with known relatives, it was decided to bury the five crewmen in a shared grave next to their comrades in the cemetery at Zwanenburg.

Part 1 supercharger casing(pg1 relics)

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This is a substantial piece of the supercharger casing from one of JB 659's Packard Merlin's. This is a large piece measuring  approximately 450mm by 250 mm.

Part 4 Crank case (pg1 relics)

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This is part of the crank case  from one of JB 659's Packard Merlin's. This  piece has  wood embedded in it presumably where it made contact with the farm house. You can clearly see where the piston liner attaches.

Measures 250 mm by 250 mm.

Part 6 inlet tube (pg1 relics)

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This part of the inlet from one of JB 659's Packard Merlin's you can clearly see where the tube bolts onto the head.

Measures 200 mm by120 mm.

Part 5  inlet tube (pg1 relics)

This is a piece of the inlet tube from one of JB 659's Packard Merlin's which sits on top of the engine and carry's fuel mix from the supercharger to the inlet manifold.

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Measures 300 mm by160 mm.

Part 7 cam follower (pg1 relics)

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This is a cam follower from one of JB 659's Packard Merlin's

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This hub was again recovered in the Arnhem area of Holland. We are unable at this time to identify which aircraft it came from but it is a big piece.

 It was badly damaged when it came down .

 If asked to guess I would say it was probably German in origin. If you can ID this piece please contact us 

£175

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Here is a complete access door from a DO 17 bomber recovered from Holland .

The door drops down out of the belly of the aircraft once closed the door acts as a floor for the gunner to lie on .

The door although damaged it is complete and still has the access steps door handle attached and armour plate to protect the gunner. A small part of the original wooden floor is attached to the armour plate.

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£495

Here we have a wheel door from a BF 110 it still has its ID plate attached see left, I stand to be corrected but I believe with German parts it is often possible to identify the specific aircraft from the plate please contact me if you have any further information on this.

The Messerschmitt Bf 110, often called the Me 110, was a twin-engine heavy fighter (Zerstörer – German for "Destroyer") in the service of the Luftwaffe during WWII. Goring was a proponent of the Bf 110, and nicknamed it his Eisenseiten ("Ironsides").Development work on an improved type to replace the Bf 110, the ME 210 began before the war started, but its teething troubles resulted in the Bf 110 soldiering on until the end of the war in various roles, alongside its replacements, the Me 210 and the ME 410.