Russian propeller blade

[Pascal]

Hi,

A friend of mine asked me about a propeller blade found forty years ago in North of France, from a German aircraft wreck. Markings on this blade appears to be russian! It seems that it could came from an I-153. Some of these were used by German, apparently.

Here are some pics of the blade:


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Maybe someone here could say more about this mysterious thing?

Thanks to you,

Pascal

[KL]

Hi Pascal,  
Thank for the interesting photos!

It looks that your friends blade is just over 140cm long.   blured pictures...

It can not be I-153 because its propeller had diameter = 2.8m.  No room for shaft and mechanism between the shaft and the propeller.
It's more likely propeller from German Avia B-71.  Its propeller had diameter of 3.25m.  Avia target tugs were based in Holland.





HTH,
KL

 

[Pascal]

Thank you, Konstantin! I transmit your answer immediately...

Pascal

[Massimo Tessitori]

Hi,
it's too strange that a Czech-built plane has inscriptions in cyrillic. It's certainly a Soviet-made plane.
Regards
Massimo

[KL]

it's too strange that a Czech-built plane has inscriptions in cyrillic. It's certainly a Soviet-made plane.

It's certainly a Soviet-made propeller blade.
Not all Avia B-71s were "Czech-built" - some 60 planes were bought in Soviet Union in 1938.

A photo to support French connection:

   

[Pascal]

Nice photo! With a rare colour view of a Bloch MB.152... It proves that some A-71 were also in France. Thank you again!

Pascal