Back in the early 1980s, an elderly lady gave me what she said were three WW1 Aircraft Propeller Blades; two form a pair (Marked: HC Cleaver / THC No. 64) and a third by Morris & Company, Oxford Street, London. At the time, I was a CCF Air Cadet and she knew I would appreciate and care for them.
I was given to understand that these blades had been brought by her Grandfather from the Cheltenham area at the end of the Great War and he’d held a relatively senior position in the St John Ambulance. It was believed that the blades had come from two Aircraft that had crashed somewhere in that area during 1918; all three have damage where they would have joined the hub.
I’m hoping that members of the forum may be able to identify the blades, despite the absence of the hub, which I understand may have carried the majority of information.
Casual enquiries over the years have failed to identify the precise age, history or Aircraft type from which they originated. With the RAF Centenary this year, it would be satisfying to find out whatever we could about the blades and perhaps put them on display somewhere.
I was given to understand that these blades had been brought by her Grandfather from the Cheltenham area at the end of the Great War and he’d held a relatively senior position in the St John Ambulance. It was believed that the blades had come from two Aircraft that had crashed somewhere in that area during 1918; all three have damage where they would have joined the hub.
I’m hoping that members of the forum may be able to identify the blades, despite the absence of the hub, which I understand may have carried the majority of information.
Casual enquiries over the years have failed to identify the precise age, history or Aircraft type from which they originated. With the RAF Centenary this year, it would be satisfying to find out whatever we could about the blades and perhaps put them on display somewhere.
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