Any idea what part it is ? Looks possibly like an elevator or aileron depending on size . I remember as a kid going in to our local farm barn to buy vegetables - and part of the roof structure was made from an aircraft wing - I have no idea what plane it was off but as kids we reckoned it was from a German plane shot down after attacking Liverpool - there was an ack ack post just a mile away and we were 7 miles from the city centre.
Its a propeller blade. Fabric covered wood I would think, very good condition if its been out in the weather since the war. Tony
Ah yeah - I can see the yellow tip still painted on there - the trailing edge with fasteners threw me - as did the patchy green algae which looked like camo paint. Must be solid wood if used as a fence post I suppose - there seems to be a rip in a fabric covering but Doubt if a prop would be cloth covered though.
The DH Tiger Moth I learned to fly on was still sporting its 1942 vintage original prop back in 1964 when I was flying her. A couple of the leading edge brass screws worked loose, we fitted slightly fatter jobs, then soft soldered over their heads and filed flush. Another job we did was to re-solder one of the fuel tank seams, using a really big electric iron.......with the tank completely full of AVGAS, which boiled as we worked! This was accomplished without hi vis jackets, hard hats, glasses etc. I really can't imagine how this job could be carried these days with modern H & S. Tony
Covered with doped fabric to weather proof the wood , which would warp, changing the pitch and the prop going out of balance with different water content in each blade. I have operated Hiller helicopters with wooden blades, which were a bu***r to keep balanced in the west African wet season.....we used to tie then down at night with the blades horizontal. Tony
Wellington is a twin engine, three blade per engine - arent you looking for a 4 engine bomber, 5 blade per engine (assuming it's just one aircraft...)