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By: 17th January 2015 at 13:01 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Horringer is a distinctive location; could it be this one:
By: 17th January 2015 at 13:09 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-That spark-plug is very long and looks right for a Bristol Hercules engine; cooling fins on the plug as they are buried deep in the cylinder-head ('junkhead'). Thread looks right size too. Could be right for a Bristol Pegasus engine too but maybe not right for a Rolls-Royce Merlin?
It may help to confirm the engine type; I wonder what engines Wellington W5436 had?
By: 17th January 2015 at 13:15 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-More information here if it was W5436:
By: 17th January 2015 at 13:24 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-plug marked (LODGE LB2 made in england) also a broad arrow stamped on it
By: 17th January 2015 at 13:27 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Horringer is a distinctive location; could it be this one:
feel free to email the guy who is looking for info I just tried and failed, Kev
By: 17th January 2015 at 13:29 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Wellington W5436 is listed as a Mark II (Rolls-Royce Merlin engines) but I've also found reference to it being a Mark IC (Bristol Pegasus engines)...
...I'd say that was a spark-plug from a Bristol radial rather than a Merlin.
By: 17th January 2015 at 13:31 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Feel free to email the guy who is looking for info I just tried and failed...
He is probably sick of getting 'spam' after posting his full e-mail address on the interweb!
By: 18th January 2015 at 10:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I have found a reference on another forum discussing possible errors in Choreley's losses book
it reads that W5426 (Not 36) crashed at Hapleys (mis spelling of Hopley's) Horringer
Author thinks codes may be wrong and that LNX Should be LNY
can anyone clear up the details of the story as it seems that this is the aircraft Kev
By: 18th January 2015 at 10:40 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Just found a 99 Squadron record on the web which list's the types flown as 1 1A and 1C no mention of the Merlin version?, Kev
By: 20th January 2015 at 20:55 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Seems that they did have a few Merlin powered Wellington's. So there may have been an error in the losses log as to aircraft type, Kev
By: 28th January 2015 at 13:07 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Lodge LB2 is listed as fitting all Bristol sleeve valve engines, except some later marks, but not the Pegasus, so I would suggest Hercules if it is definitely from a Wellington.
Pete
By: 28th January 2015 at 17:04 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Cheers Pete plug definatly from Hopleys farm Wellington crash so probably an error when the loss was written up, Kev
By: 29th January 2015 at 15:15 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-The 'Hopleys / Horringer' crash was in September 1941. I do not know when the first Bristol Hercules powered Wellington flew but I doubt that they were on operational squadrons by September 1941; that rules-out a clerical error as an LB2 spark-plug couldn't come from an aircraft type that wasn't flying yet!
However I could be wrong about the introduction date of the Hercules powered Wellington!
By: 29th January 2015 at 15:53 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Hercules-powered Wellington III apparently started operations in June 1941.
By: 29th January 2015 at 19:24 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Cheers Creaking door , much appreciated, Kev
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By: spark plug - 17th January 2015 at 12:43 - Edited 2nd October 2019 at 11:40
This was the first piece of aircraft in my collection , given to me by one of my dad's best mate's who is sadly no longer with us
Can anyone tell me more about this aircraft which came down in Horringer nr Bury st Edmunds Suffolk . Kev