Torontoworker
2nd Oct 2007, 20:16
Good Day to all,
I own what I suspect is a prop from an Avro Anson IV and would like to pin down the manufacturer of this prop. I have sent pic's of this prop to different experts including one well known online website that specializes in identifying propellers without much success. I have even contacted a museum in Western Canada that looks to have the same type of prop on it’s Anson and they couldn’t help me either and referred me back to the enthusiasts website I had contacted earlier! (Sigh)
The stampings on the prop date from 1943 and it appears to have been manufactured in the USA. I don’t have all the data in front of me off the prop but the Engine HP and Type rating make it appear as if it could have been used on an RCAF Anson, possibly a Lend Lease product that was supplied along with the Wright Engine (Stamped on Upper hub) that was shipped to Canada during the war.
The only hints given to me concerning the manufacturer is that it may have been built by one of the many of the small furniture companies who were contracted with early in the build up to the USA entering the war. Many of these companies simply disappeared or went back to consumer products after 1945.
The scripting appears to be read as: RLL Co. or even LL R Co. as the scripting overlaps, although I believe it to be read RLL Co. myself. Goggle searches have come up blank incidentally.
The provenance of this prop is RCAF based (Has RCAF inspection stamp) and it possibly came out of either Duneville, Mount Hope or Jarvis aerodromes air training bases, which makes sense since I purchased it from an antique store in the Hamilton Ontario.
I contacted the Canadian DND last year and did an, “Access to Information” search on war materials - disposal records of such and found that other then airframe serial numbers and some engine numbers, records appear not to have been kept (or were destroyed) of other “war” materials such as propellers and the like.
Does anyone recognize the manufacturers logo or could give me further leads as to someone who can be of further help.
Thanks.
Pictures Belowhttp://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f381/torontoworker/HPIM0031.jpg http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f381/torontoworker/HPIM0030.jpg
I own what I suspect is a prop from an Avro Anson IV and would like to pin down the manufacturer of this prop. I have sent pic's of this prop to different experts including one well known online website that specializes in identifying propellers without much success. I have even contacted a museum in Western Canada that looks to have the same type of prop on it’s Anson and they couldn’t help me either and referred me back to the enthusiasts website I had contacted earlier! (Sigh)
The stampings on the prop date from 1943 and it appears to have been manufactured in the USA. I don’t have all the data in front of me off the prop but the Engine HP and Type rating make it appear as if it could have been used on an RCAF Anson, possibly a Lend Lease product that was supplied along with the Wright Engine (Stamped on Upper hub) that was shipped to Canada during the war.
The only hints given to me concerning the manufacturer is that it may have been built by one of the many of the small furniture companies who were contracted with early in the build up to the USA entering the war. Many of these companies simply disappeared or went back to consumer products after 1945.
The scripting appears to be read as: RLL Co. or even LL R Co. as the scripting overlaps, although I believe it to be read RLL Co. myself. Goggle searches have come up blank incidentally.
The provenance of this prop is RCAF based (Has RCAF inspection stamp) and it possibly came out of either Duneville, Mount Hope or Jarvis aerodromes air training bases, which makes sense since I purchased it from an antique store in the Hamilton Ontario.
I contacted the Canadian DND last year and did an, “Access to Information” search on war materials - disposal records of such and found that other then airframe serial numbers and some engine numbers, records appear not to have been kept (or were destroyed) of other “war” materials such as propellers and the like.
Does anyone recognize the manufacturers logo or could give me further leads as to someone who can be of further help.
Thanks.
Pictures Belowhttp://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f381/torontoworker/HPIM0031.jpg http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f381/torontoworker/HPIM0030.jpg