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These are the pieces that came with the B-24 parts. Different types of rivets. Sewing of canvas. Welding. Another part looks like a wing flap with hinges. Soldering. Cable splicing. 20250127_192923.jpg.41e13f724dbc895f7e6046ccf1edf24f.jpg20250127_191804.jpg.e26772b86c169b588b327b76c5cc3ff3.jpg20250127_191914.jpg.66d7ec88faa3ed218fbe3cc108ee6803.jpg20250127_194131.jpg.81324e9dfa3c8b1696f3a384b6a84791.jpg20250127_192158.jpg.b8ba1e37d69f9d9a62400ff12090978d.jpg20250127_192215.jpg.ed476cc67aa8740c880f0228ec64c292.jpg20250127_192239.jpg.79abb2615a82db4005e0d6391dbbb071.jpg20250127_192254.jpg.ca7debdbf817dd8c4f2ee6a57c77d16d.jpg20250127_192325.jpg.c5337bd15f18b761e7292fe97746b913.jpg20250127_192351.jpg.867efa4ed33624aa66ca53c198faa6a9.jpg20250127_192357.jpg.1162c21cbbb5a2459ff8cd5723ac7182.jpg20250127_192417.jpg.1355ae6d1051e147b129006ae08e6af1.jpg20250127_192431.jpg.5434fd0f0df7daaeb423cb2a7103401e.jpg20250127_192441.jpg.d28b8583229135bfa188b15b6237d250.jpg20250127_192545.jpg.19d6e5272bea7eb408431e3254aee1f3.jpg20250127_192627.jpg.c47ae94e885e313f6b7fcd505c253c89.jpg20250127_192738.jpg.346b43cb5ad5174c691c3cf833a9e0f6.jpg

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Do you see prefix numbers on any of those parts?

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No numbers. Just the red ink on the aluminum. 

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I have been to a dozen or so B-24 crash sites and over 140 crash sites in all, granted they were crash sites where only crash debris remained after clean up, but those strike me as odd. Prefix numbers were placed on parts and used to assemble the aircraft. Along with Prefix numbers, you will also see QA stamps on some parts and HT stamps on other parts. These were used to assure the part or assembly of parts passed standards. The marks can be stamped, embossed or inked.

     To be sure your items do look like aircraft aluminum and the rivets look to be period, they really do look like practice items made by someone learning the trade of making aircraft parts, It's not something one see's every day. Normally after being graded by the instructor those items would have been tossed in a scrap pile for recycle. It's very cool those have survived!

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I had a friend that was in the airforce during the Korean War. He was stationed in Florida. He worked on repairing planes. He said one time while drilling a hole repairing the outer skin he drilled in to far and hit a control cable. Said he almost got demoted for that. Told me a hurricane made a big mess of the airfield once.

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