What kind of plane could it have been?

[Revi16]

Looks like a Curtiss Electric prop to me. Could be either a P-47 or B-26.

Regards,
Mike

[xraymmx]

Thanx fot the info.
This makes me wonder if this picture was even made in my village. There is no american crash recorded here.

[Stephane Muret]

Hello,

Sorry for being so long to write but no doubt for me, this a P47 Thunderbolt. Seethe two opening on the cowling. For me, it's underside of right side of cowling. Sure this is a four propeller blades plane. Very interesting file !

Stéphane

[xraymmx]

It was told to me that the picture was made in Aalst (South of Eindhoven the Netherlands).

I already posted wich planes came down here and there is no P47 in the list.

So this is unacounted or this picture was made somewhere else.

[xraymmx]

I recently found out that a typhoon came down in 1944 in this region. Could this be a match?

[SMF144]

Typhoons never used a radial engine, operationally speaking.

[ssg keay]

Yep, P-47...I recovered 3 in the last few years and that indeed is a four-blade prop. Also the size of the blade indicates a P-47. Danny

[Graham Boak]

Originally Posted by SMF144

Typhoons never used a radial engine, operationally speaking.

Typhoons never used a radial engine at all.

You may be confusing the Tempest Mk.II, which appeared in service postwar, or the experimental Tornado, both of which were powered by variants of the Centaurus. From the evidence presented, this doesn't seem to be a Centaurus.

[Kutscha]

Definitely not a Centaurus as the engine in the photo has rocker arm covers.

[Adriano Baumgartner]

I beg your pardon, but most P-47s I´ve seen were 4-bladed!
I would take a careful look at that Wellington, particularly if it was from a Coastal Command unit. The undercover of the engine seems very pale and clear.
I first thought on a BMW801C, but if we can look at the very base of the blades, one manage to read some lettering in yellow. I do not remember Luftwaffe blades having this kind of lettering at the base of the blade.
Please, this is my humble opinion, like everyone else posted down here. I am certainly no expert like some guys on this magnificent Forum.
Yours
Adriano.