[ARC5] Need Help Identifying Item Found at Possible WWII Crash Site on Luzon

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 27 Apr 2020 at 9:47, Dave Merrill wrote:

> "Do these photos look like anything to you?  It was found among what might be WWII airplane 
> crash wreckage in Bugias, Benguet Province, on Luzon.  The people that found it said it was an 
> antenna.   The planes in question are probably fighters, a P-38 or P-51 that crashed in 1945.  I 
> should mention that it collapses."
> 
> My crude estimate of the length is about 45 inches.  It appears extended.
> 
> Thoughts on what this item could be and what it's from?  Pay particular attention to both ends 
> which do not look like anything US issue to me.

I tried to enhance the photos a bit, but only had partial success.

If, as someone else mentioned, it is a control rod, it would have to be operated only under 
tension, since it is quite obviously collapsible.

It does look was though it is painted a dark color or was "blued" like a gun barrel.

The device on the left hand end looks like it enabled the rod to be mounted to another piece 
of round stock like a pipe.

My first impression was that it was an antenna of some sort, possibly of some sort of 
portable set.

As far as it not looking "US issue", there were so many and so varied items issued in military 
history that I would not venture to say that.

Ken W7EKB