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Hi all,

Does anyone who has access to Bob Gardners books on British propeller makers of WWI, know of Watling & Son of Great Yarmouth?

I only found a one- line reference of this company in “E.L.T.A. The First Aviation Exhibition Amsterdam”.

The author, Rob Mulder, mentions that Watling & Son of Great Yarmouth, made most of the propellers for the Rolls-Royce engines for the Handley Page, (the majority being four-bladers for all the HP O/400’s) and the Vickers Vimy.

However, I can’t find any references to Watling & Son or their logo (if any) anywhere on the Internet.

Specifically, I am looking for information on the two-bladed props of the Handley Page V/1500 (although these may have been made by a different manufacturer.

In the drawings of Windsock Datafile 164, 2 different two-bladed props have been drawn:

On is designated AB 8580 (54.5 mm in 1/72) and the other one AB 8422 (56 mm in 1/72).

The engines were arranged in two tandem pairs, mounted in the gap between the mainplanes. The front engine of each pair drove a two-blade air- screw, the rear a four-blader. On production V/1500s the diameters of these air- screws were 13 ft. 5 in. and 10 ft. 4 in. respectively.

I am told that the information I‘m looking for is in “British Propeller Makers of WWI: Part Five” by Bob Gardner.

I wonder if any of this forum‘s members has this book and may be able to help me.

Thanks in advance,

Willem

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