Are these Aircraft parts ?

[Mike Cross]

I am seeking some corroboration that these are indeed parts from a Great War aircraft. Said to be a propeller boss, that was later made into a biscuit barrel as shown, and a surviving part of a propeller, both recovered after a nose-first landing accident that happened near to the end of the Great War. The pilot apparently only qualified in late 1918.

Any help appreciated.

MC

[Mike Cross]

A little explanation - these items are with descendants of a Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars soldier, later RAF (as shown on MIC), and believed to be souvenirs of a crash (they even have photos of the damaged plane) and are presently being offered to our Museum. My own knowledge of Great War aviation is zero.

MC

[David Filsell]

The look about right to me. I have a prop blade and a brass bound tip.both jve been made into picture frames.

[Mike Cross]

Thanks David. Other sources tell me that the boss is about right, but that the other part is a strut, probably one attaching the wing(s) to the main body of the plane.

[redbarchetta]

Mike,

The container is certainly made from a propeller boss, and the lid, by the look of it.

The other I'm not so sure of. It looks like oak to me, which I don't imagine was used on aircraft - struts between wings on a bi-plane would not need to be shaped like that, attachments to attach the wings to the body would, I suspect, use considerably larger bolts than the small holes in that piece of wood suggest. It may be something from the internal structure, I guess...

James