He-219 ”Uhu”s found at the end of the war

[clapos]

Well, as it seems that the answer I tried to post a few weeks ago wasn't succesfully reviewed and thus wasn't posted, I'll try again:

As far as I'm concerned, "my" elevator was the only He 219 part found in that dig. The guy I bought it from had some other aircraft parts from the same dig, I remember a Bf 109 wing radiator, part of a Ju 87 bomb carrier, some kind of MG mount and some smaller parts, which I couldn't identify. My guess is that they dug up something like a ditch or bomb crater, which was used to dispose of aircraft junk after the hostilities seized.

But what might be of interest is the fact that the elevator was cleanly disassembled from the airframe in accordance with the manual. Even the link to the horizontal stabilizer was removed completely. The elevator shows some serious shrapnell damage, maybe that is the cause for it.

Cheers
Claas