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Re: Help needed with ID Luftwaffe fighter - Pommern 1945.
Hello. The steel part that is compound curved looks like the armored ring for the oil cooler. If this is true, the type identification could be made by measuring the thickness of the steel part. If it is 10mm thick then it was part of an A-9 engine. The steel part that covered the oil tank directly behind the front armored ring would be 6mm thick if it were on an A-9 cover. Keep in mind the BMW801 D and TS engines were interchangeable and if the engine were replaced, an A-8 could have hade the more powerful TS engine installed. The propeller hub is no help because the Metal VDM 9 used the same hub as the propeller on the BMW 801D engine, but check me on that to be sure. I hope this helps you, but without a data plate or W.Nr. you will never really be able to prove it one way or another.
Cheers!
Mark VIII
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