Posted By Trevor Hewitt on January 08, 2007 at 15:58:09:
In Reply to: Re: B-24 Liberator Exausts posted by Paul Patist on January 02, 2007 at 05:53:56:
: : A while ago I came across two very large, what looked like exausts. These were both found in a wood near to an old 8th AAF B-24 Liberator base in England. The wood was also used as a dump by the Americans during the war years. After a close inspection of the exausts I found a few number on each. One of the axausts had the following writting on it (Note: all numbers have been indented into the metal) 12-930 14-1
: : SO
: : 32-P1004-6
: : The other one had: GK32-P1004-11
: : Does anyone know what these numbers and letters mean? Any help would be great. Thank You.
: : Chris Barrett,
: : England
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: Chris,
: Looks like 32 is from a B-24...
: http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/partmanu.htm#VULTEE
: Regards,
: Paul
Hello Chris , The numbers correspond with my B24 parts manual , page 284 ,Figure 170, items 7 and 8 , "Exhaust collector and stack" , both these pieces make up 2 of 8 segments from the "Exhaust Collector Ring" from a B24 . P1004-11 is the Part of the collector ring which was situated at the bottom of the ring and connected the ring to the "Stack". Hope this helps ,Trevor