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Re: LANCASTER PARTS ?
Hi Gilles,
The parts can not be traced to the Lancaster exclusively as they are both standard parts used in many British aeroplanes of WW2.
The large item is a Bayonet Socket, Mk IV, from the oxygen system of the aeroplane. It would be fitted at the end of a length of rubber hose attached to an oxygen economiser. A crew member would plug his oxygen mask into the system, using a Bayonet Plug of matching type attached to his mask.
The other part is also impossible to trace with any certainty as it appears to be a standard Union Nut of some type. You would find parts like this on many different types of aeroplane.
Here is a diagram of several typical oxygen installations, for use in single, twin and multi-crewed aeroplanes. Your Socket was used in all of them.
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