My thanks to Lisa Sharp who provided a photograph of a similar brake system on Lancaster Mk X FM213 of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum.
Another interesting piece I found was a plaque that I presume is off the starter motor. It was really hard to make out the words stamped on there but I did and they read "STARTER GEAR MUST BE PRIMED WITH ONE PINT OF OIL THROUGH BREATHER CONNECTION WHENEVER MOTOR IS REMOVED AND REPLACED"
David, if you want those items mailed to you in the US and you are willing to pay the shipping, I can mail them from my US Postal Office here in Hohenfels, Germany. It is a military APO AE post office and I can mail via regular USPS. Danny
David, if you want those items mailed to you in the US and you are willing to pay the shipping, I can mail them from my US Postal Office here in Hohenfels, Germany. It is a military APO AE post office and I can mail via regular USPS. Danny Thanks for the offer. I have a G.I. friend in Stuttgart who plans on mailing them but is a little unsure of whether they will be x rayed or not, what do you think?
It should not matter, you are not shipping anything explosive, or illigal according to Homeland Security, or the Postal regulations. In effect, you are mailing...scrap metal!!! I mail items stateside quite frequently, recently a 30 pound box of aircraft parts required in assisting in positively identifying the pilot we found during the recovery ops. I had no problems at all shipping them. I would mail them registered, or delivery confirmation though, maybe even insured, just so they don't vanish in some eager postal employee's personal collection Danny
It should not matter, you are not shipping anything explosive, or illigal according to Homeland Security, or the Postal regulations. In effect, you are mailing...scrap metal!!! I mail items stateside quite frequently, recently a 30 pound box of aircraft parts required in assisting in positively identifying the pilot we found during the recovery ops. I had no problems at all shipping them. I would mail them registered, or delivery confirmation though, maybe even insured, just so they don't vanish in some eager postal employee's personal collection Danny Thanks for your thoughts. I am loathe to have them mailed and declared as "aircraft parts" on the custom form. I am afraid that customs would query that and try to collect a customs tax. What did you declare your "scrap metal" as?
Fascinating stuff, David. Very well done. I've visited Dad's crash site near Amsterdam, but a modern highway was built over top, and no parts available. :-( Still have hope, as parts are rumoured to be in the collection of a local... Marc
Interesting to see what you find, it gives you a connection with your father and what he went through