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By: - 22nd November 2014 at 10:14 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
It certainly looks like an i/d though 463?9 doesn't mean anything to me.
SO will, presumably, stand for Starboard Outer.
Anon.
By: - 22nd November 2014 at 13:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I think it's 46329 . Probably 186 Squadron, you can see where it has had repairs in the past, Kev
By: - 22nd November 2014 at 16:19 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Nice relic, will make an interesting display. Port side cowling off of the stbd #4 merlin. Looks like too many numbers for one aircraft serial though? Wonder if it has been over written or numbers added as the first looks like a 4 or a M?
By: - 22nd November 2014 at 17:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Cheers Pete .First is a 4 I think, It would be great to tie it down. My dad grew up not far from the end of one of the runways and his father was one of the men that layed the concrete. Kev
By: - 29th November 2014 at 09:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
From the internet searches ive done over last few days it seems 463 is in the right range of serials for Lancasters built and delivered at the time but the 29?. The numbers look to have been applied at the same time though . Kev
By: - 29th November 2014 at 18:47 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Nice relic, will make an interesting display. Port side cowling off of the stbd #4 merlin. Looks like too many numbers for one aircraft serial though? Wonder if it has been over written or numbers added as the first looks like a 4 or a M?
Interesting. What makes the No4 cowling different? I thought the power plants were largely interchangeable between positions with changes in accessories?
Pete
By: - 29th November 2014 at 21:14 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
It's probably more to do with the correct cowling going on the correct powerplant whilst it's installed in a certain position on a particular aircraft, I would think.
The engine, unless it had a premature failure and was changed, would remain on the wing for a considerable time and go through quite a few more minor inspections where the cowlings of several engines might have got mixed up.
Anon.
By: - 29th November 2014 at 21:38 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I think your on the right track there Anon, I wonder if this was changed at some point hence the multiple numbers..
By: - 29th November 2014 at 22:02 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Sorry, I completely missed the reference to S.O. Earlier in the thread!
Pete
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By: spark plug - 22nd November 2014 at 09:29 - Edited 2nd October 2019 at 11:40
Are these inspection marks? and could they lead to an identification . The cover almost certainly from a Lancaster from Stradishall. I hope to re unite the two pieces and mount on the wall . Kev PS looks like I have first pic upside down