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It's painted in chromate. It looks WWII vintage. Is there any way to determine what aircraft a certain part came from without some sort of catalog?

In other words, is there some kind of aircraft identification code to the parts numbers, and if so, could someone share some examples.

Sorry if this question has been asked before.

Hello:

If it has 88-xxxxxx-, 121-xxxxxx, it's probably off of a T-6. However send us a picture, and we migh be able to identify it.

Thanks,

Chris

also include 77 as prefix.

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Maybe we need a list in the WIX of aircraft part number prefixes? Scott? Rob?

The numbers below represent stuff that I have had my hands on and confirmed as parts for those types of airframes. It is not a comprehensive list and I am still learning. If anything is wrong, please pass it on and let me know.

24 33, 34, 37, 38, 39, 41, 43, 45 Bell Airacobra and KingCobra
GK and 32 Consolidated B24 Liberator
63 Vultee BT13
77 North American T6
72 Vultee Vengeance
73 Stearman
73 P51 Mustang
74 Vultee BT13
75 Stearman
75 Curtiss P36 and P40
87 Curtiss P40
76 Stinson L5
84 Curtiss Helldiver
104 106 117 123 144 P51 Mustang and P82 Twin Mustang
143 North American Navion
159 T28
162 Martin Mariner
167/187 Martin Maryland/Baltimore
179 Martin B26
165 North American F86
202 Martin 202
210 Martin Mauler
250 Martin Turrets (Electric and Hydraulic!)

Bear in mind that not everything has a parts number prefix. Some of the aircraft manufacturers had other numbering systems for their aircraft parts components, which usually grew out of their contracting/engineering practices. Eastern Aircraft (General Motors Aviation Division which built the Wildcat and TBM Avenger)had EA as prefixes on some of their parts, but used certain number ranges for the parts for different aircraft, but also went outside of the number ranges for modifications. Chance Vought/Sikorsky used VS as a prefix on their aircraft, and used certain parts number ranges on them.

I am not an expert, just have some experience in this area (since it is my work nowadays) and am always looking for new documentation to build my parts numbers knowledge. If you have any well documented WWII aircraft parts with parts numbers on them, I am very interested in seeing what you have and adding them to my store of information. I am also very interested in collecting blank and filled out WWII yellow, green, and red tags for parts.

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