Kdo. Nowotny markings : STOP THE MYTH !

[Roger Gaemperle]

Olivier,

I just came across a document of Obb. Forschungsanstalt Oberammergau (the Messerschmitt project office) dated 18.9.44 that describes the wooden rudder manufactured by JSF. It states that "... it has to be examined whether moisture can get into the navigation light compartment or not".

Hence, the wooden rudders, or at least the ones manufactured by JSF, must have had a navigation light. Would be interesting to find some period drawings of the wooden rudder.

Interesting side-note: The wodden rudder was only slightly lighter than the serial rudder (14.5 kg vs. 18.6kg).

Kind regards,
Roger GAemperle