Things found in storage - identification help please!

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We've been going through some rarely visited storage areas at Dumfries and have found a number of things which are unrecorded and unlabelled. Some we can identify, but a number are more of a challenge. I'll add to this thread as more items emerge.

The first items needing identified are these wheels. We have a pair of them, and they are a fairly heavy cast alloy. The smooth cover is integral to the wheel and the inner face has what I assume to be a braking surface. AH number appears to be 3849 but the first two numbers are indistinct.

The second items are these wooden doors. Thin ply over a lightweight timber frame core, they are designed to interlock and seal with a rubber flap and have no numbers anywhere on them. We do know that these came from a chap who was an engineer at Dumfries, so likely belong a type flown from here, and we have several sets. Most common multi-crew types were Dominies, Ansons, Wellingtons, Whitleys and Bothas with a few Oxfords thrown in on occasion. As far as I can tell, they don't come from any of these types but I'm happy to be proved wrong. 

Can anyone provide some insight?

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The only 8-19 tyre I can see on my list is Lysander?

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AM - you may be onto something there. The domed fairing has four small holes. Could they be the attachment points for the bracket to hold the Lysander wheel fairing cover plate?

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The wheels may be Walrus, certainly if the brake drum is  stainless rather than cast iron. 

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Walrus and Sea Otter may be the very thing.  Correct size 8.00-19 and a suspiciously similar number of AH8049.

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Thanks folks, that looks like a winner for the wheels. There were examples of both to be found at RAF Wig Bay in Stranraer at various times so it's possible these may have come from an aircraft scrapped there. 

Anyone care to put their head above the parapet with a punt on the wooden doors?

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Dumfries? Don't suppose there's anything Whirlwind in amongst it all??

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Are the Sea Otter wheels surplus? Could they be made available?