Mystery part.....anyone know?...Solved!!
Thu Jul 02, 2009 4:40 pm
Anyone know what this is?
Inside is is marked as Assembly #19016 the last digit may not be a 6
Date of MFR is Apr 9, 1943
I didn't clean it up but it is blue on one side and gray on the other. The paint seems to be original.
I realize in retrospect that some size reference in the photos would be helpful. It is about 3 feet wide and about 18 inches high (best guess from memory.)
I apologize in advanve for the cell phone quality photos.
Blue Side
Gray Side, Note access doors
One access door
Another access door
Stamp showing assembly #
Inside is is marked as Assembly #19016 the last digit may not be a 6
Date of MFR is Apr 9, 1943
I didn't clean it up but it is blue on one side and gray on the other. The paint seems to be original.
I realize in retrospect that some size reference in the photos would be helpful. It is about 3 feet wide and about 18 inches high (best guess from memory.)
I apologize in advanve for the cell phone quality photos.
Blue Side
Gray Side, Note access doors
One access door
Another access door
Stamp showing assembly #
Last edited by Airplanejunkie on Sat Jul 04, 2009 11:36 am, edited 1 time in total.
Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:05 pm
Its a wing tip of some sort. It looks sort of like a Beech 18 wing tip but that one has a fitting on the outer edge for the navigation light.
Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:05 pm
Wingtip? Horizontal stab tip?
Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:09 pm
skymstr02 wrote:Wingtip? Horizontal stab tip?
We were guessing horizontal stab or elevator as there doesn't seem to be any provision for nav lights.
Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:28 pm
Looks a little Lockheed.
A little small in the radius to be P-38.
Rich
A little small in the radius to be P-38.
Rich
Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:41 pm
I'm not the best source on P-38 bits... but to me it looks like the outer horizonal stabilizer of a P-38.
Good luck with your quest.
Cheers,
David
Good luck with your quest.
Cheers,
David
Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:58 pm
Nope. Definitely not a P-38 horizontal tip. (Tried to upload pictures, but my computer isn't cooperating with Photobucket tonight.) 
Gary
Gary
Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:30 pm
Lockheed 10 Electra horizontal stab tip?
Dean the Wild Guesser
Dean the Wild Guesser
Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:35 pm
k5dh wrote:Lockheed 10 Electra horizontal stab tip?
Dean the Wild Guesser
My first thought when I saw the thread appear with the pic of the Electra 10
Did get me wondering if it could be from a Hudson, a PV or P2V???
Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:08 pm
I thought it looked like a BT-13 wingtip.
Jerry
Jerry
Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:07 am
Definately not a Lockheed 10..photos show the empenage having round-head rivets. I'm leaning toward a PV-1. It coult be a Hudson, but I've never seen one in blue..I believe they all came from the factory in RAF camo. The paint looks like standard USN Blue Gray over Light Gray..putting it in the 1941/42 timeframe.
SN
SN
Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:18 am
NOT PV-2
p 400 wing tip
Fri Jul 03, 2009 10:21 am
or p-63.....my guess
Grumman Part
Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:18 pm
It is not BT-13. I am guessing Grumman based on part number.
Sat Jul 04, 2009 1:57 am
Here are some images I scrounged up on the interweb, showing the stab tip on the Lockheed Hudson. I believe the PV-1 Ventura used the same empennage. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find a clear enough view of the underside to tell for sure if it has the same access panels as the part in question.
SN
SN