Bf 109 Piece

[arnaud]

Hello, could anyone identify this piece found in Ardennes (North of France)?

"323/D343
Th. Klatte, Bremen-Huchfing"

[arnaud]

Hello again,

The black stuff is a kind of hard leather!

Read "Huchting": a town near Bremen. Is there a aircraft factory there?

I found on the web in a list of reparations plants from US zone: "Land Bremen. War plants. Theodor Klatte, Huchting near Bremen, plant, aircraft."

[Brian Bines]

Only a guess could it be the leather lining the wheel housing or from the Joystick base ?

[arnaud]

I add this too found on the web in a list of prisoner camps in Germany:

Name : Camp VII : ESTERWEGEN
Type of commando : PAPENBURG (outside Kommando from EMSLAND)
Activities : North Camp: factory RUGES, aircraft factory KLATTE in Bremen and firma HUCHTING

But what types of aircraft (parts of the Me 323...?)?

[arnaud]

Brian,

I didn't think of it: good idea...

[harrison987]

That is not Me109....

Probably Me323...

Mike

[Andy Saunders]

No. I would say more likely Bramo 323 engine. Almost cerrainly so.

Any Do 17-Z crashes in the area?

I have found very similar parts and plates. Those that I found were manufactured by the Eberspacher company and were parts of an exhaust flame-damping system.

[Andy Saunders]

Arnaud...

Your thoughts on my suggestions about this piece?

[harrison987]

AH!

I know what it is...

It is part of the heat shield that goes behind each clinder of the Bramo 323. I did not recognize it, as it is such a smal piece of it.

But 100% that is what it is...

Mike

[harrison987]