What's your best piece off a warbird

[LuftwaffeNick]

tail wheel to a Junkers Ju 88.

[pitts91hs]

P51 Armorglass and canopy in RCAF paint
Allison engine I bought as junk. Got it back to my shop and found it's not junk, it is 0 time.
lot's of T6 stuff

[PeterA]

Well the best peice off a Warbird.

You don't see too many Spitfires sporting a Harvard/T6 empennage.

This Spitfire, now known to be SL633 of the RAF, was recovered from Burma to the US, sold on to the UK and is currently under restoration to flight at HFL Duxford.

The customer is a significant collector in the US, so you should see this flying by next year.

The tail unit ended up on eBay with just one bidder.

Having followed this part around the world...it now hangs in my workshop.

PeterA

[mustangdriver]

I have a few pieces and parts

Piece of B-25 "Ruptured Duck"-given to me by Ellen Lawson
Piece of parachute from Apollo 13 Command Module
Piece of insulation from Apollo 11 Command Module
Piece of tile from Space Shuttle Columbia-not it's final mission
Piece of metal from "Memphis Belle"
Piece of metal of NF-104
P-80 windscreen
L-5 prop
Spitfire Tire
Piece of B-17 "909"
Piece of B-17 "Shoo Shoo Baby"
Piece of Glacier Girl
B-29 Yoke
B-17 Center cap
B-24 center cap

[hang the expense]

I have the cockpit data plate to AK 301.RAF Tomahawk.

[superhawkearl]

I have a complete P51 Mustang canopy, reportedly from a WIS ANG plane.

[wardie]

I have a gunsight that maybe off a RAAF Mustang but also could be from a Vampire.








Wardie

[bootlegger]

Ive got a Bomb aimers unit out of a Wellington Bomber,
Prop hub off a DC3
Steering wheel off a Fokker (not sure what model just has Fokker on it)
An oil tank out of a Bomber that is now a fuel tank in my Historic racecar
And the Merlin in my boat.
I was driving through Sydney a couple of weeks ago when I passed a furniture shop that had a large model plane in the window. I stopped and went in to find a whole pile of stuff hanging from the roof.
Some of the Items were.
Complete tail boom assembly off a Sea Venom, Complete B17 ball turret',
Lincoln Bomber cowl and spinner, flaps off a Corsair and Lightning, Two complete full size vintage gliders, RR Avon engine and a large radial plus lots of other stuff. Just amazing actually.

[tom d. friedman]

I have a few pieces and parts

Piece of B-25 "Ruptured Duck"-given to me by Ellen Lawson
Piece of parachute from Apollo 13 Command Module
Piece of insulation from Apollo 11 Command Module
Piece of tile from Space Shuttle Columbia-not it's final mission
Piece of metal from "Memphis Belle"
Piece of metal of NF-104
P-80 windscreen
L-5 prop
Spitfire Tire
Piece of B-17 "909"
Piece of B-17 "Shoo Shoo Baby"
Piece of Glacier Girl
B-29 Yoke
B-17 Center cap
B-24 center cap

for cripes sakes how many times do i have to nag nag nag nag ya for a shot of the p-80 windshield frame i sold ya?? get off your pittsburgh butt & deliver!!! p.s. i know you don't live in pittspuke any more but you still hail from their!!!

[tom d. friedman]

refer to my man cave post......... to much to list

[Airlift48]

The best piece off of a warbird that I have is a small unidentifiable piece of C-54 45-543 that crashed at Stake House Fell, enroute to Burtonwood for an overhaul as part of the Berlin Airlift.

A contact in England who is involved in creating a memorial to that crash gained permission to access the crash site and as per my request, sent me a small piece of the airplane (It's part of an accessory section, but exactly where, I haven't figured out yet).

We are going to put it on display in the "Spirit" in memory and tribute to

1st Lt. Richard M. Wurgel Pilot
1st Lt. Lowell A. Wheaton Jr. Co-pilot
Sgt. Bernard J. Watkins Engineer
Cpl. Norbert H. Theis Radio Operator
Capt. W. A. Rathgeber Passenger
Pte. R. E. Stone Passenger

For more information about C-54 45-543 see the link at

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lait/site/C-54%2045-543.htm

Kevin

[lmritger]

I don't have much- a standard issue Luftwaffe O2 regulator gauge, an He 162 inspection panel with original paint, some hinge bits from a Bf 109 cowling- but the most significant piece in my small collection is a chunk of broken and scored plexiglas from the canopy of Heinrich Bartels' Bf 109G-10, recovered from his wrecksite in 1968 and given to me by Jerry Crandall several years ago.

Lynn

[Zachary]

I do not own any pieces off of a warbird unfortunately. I do however have a chunk of concrete from the runway at Halesworth used by the 56th Fighter Group sent to me by Buzz Took, one of the volunteers at the Halesworth Airfield Museum. I think I'd be in heaven if I could ever get my hands on a piece of a 56th P-47....

Nice stuff guys, keep it coming!

Zack

[spookythecat]

I've got a blown out P-51 tailwheel. I can't recall what Mustang it's from but it happened in Oshkosh when I was pretty young.

[K5DH]

After seeing what great stuff some other folks have, I'm embarassed to admit how little I have. . .

Sitting here on my desk at work are two Wright radial engine pistons: one from the number 3 cylinder of the number 3 engine of B-17 Chuckie and one from an unknown cylinder of the number 2 engine of B-25 Pacific Prowler. I also have some assorted bits such as spark plugs, valve springs, etc.

I have a small accumulation of WW2 aircraft radio equipment, including five 7.0 - 9.1 mc command transmitters (Army BC-459A and Navy T-22/ARC5) and three BC-348 receivers (HF receivers used in large Army bomber and transport aircraft).

It ain't much, but it's sumpthin'. . .

Cheers!