Swastika relic??

[Horst Weber]

Originally Posted by jonny109

Hello all

I was given this rather interesting section of skinning from a friend recently with a small portion of swastika showing. The information he was given was that it had originated from an unknown crash in Kent ( possibly early war ). Would like some opinions on it if possible. I know there are a lot of fakes and copies out there, so one for you rivet counters and RLM experts I reckon..

cheers

Good evening jonny !

This is very possible a part you guess. The manual, how to paint a swastika to a Luftwaffe's a/c was very strict.

You can find it in the German booklet series LUFTFAHRT international, issue No. 1 (published Jan.-Feb. 1974) at page 151 under the section 3. "Hakenkreuz am Seitenleitwerk".

The measurements given in this manual, compared with your photo, are conclusive.

So, on my opinion, you showed an original part with a little part of a swastika.

The size of the "white"-line in centimeters could be interesting to find out the type (fighter, bomber, FW 200 ???) of this a/c.


Best wishes !

Horst Weber