Fw190 D-9 left side

[Ruediger Kaufmann]

Hi all,

yesterday I get a left cockpit side of a Fw190 D-9 / Ta 152 from a local farmer in my home area here in Germany.
It was never assembeld on a plane and produced at the last weeks of WW2.
Sorry, it is not for sale.

Best wishes

Rüdiger

[Pilot]

Excellent find, at least it is keeps somehow

[he219a]

Guten Tag Herr Kaufmann,

ich bin ein Luftfahrt-Enthusiast aus dem Raum Stuttgart, insbesondere deutsche Militärflugzeuge der 1940-iger Jahre. Diese Teile sind ein aussergewöhnlicher Fund - Glückwunsch! Können Sie vielleicht Näheres dazu sagen? Leider kann man auf den beiden Fotografien nicht viel erkennen. Würde es Ihnen Umstände bereiten etwas schärfere Bilder hier einzustellen?

Über eine Antwort würde ich mich freuen!

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Christian Greese

[John Beaman]

Christian,

Please note this is an English language forum. Only post non-English when you are directly quoting a period document.

Please repost or edit your post.

[Broncazonk]

Does the hole in the sheet metal correspond to a hole meant for the blower air intake? And, by "the left side" of the aircraft, you mean the aircraft's left side, correct?

Everyone knows where I'm going with this: if that big hole was meant to be the blower air intake hole and that hole is on the left side of the aircraft, that means we have a part from a Ta-152 C. And that would be an incredibly RARE piece of sheet metal.

I hope the experts on the forum will look into this and give us the benefit of their knowledge.

Bronc

[Ruediger Kaufmann]

Hi all,

here are a drawing indentifying it as Fw190 D9 left cockpit side.

Sorry, but I hasn´t any better photos at time.

Best wishes

Rüdiger

[he219a]

...your right, nothing works without rules... so here is my translation:
i just complimented Mr. Kaufman on that very special find, and kindly asked him if he could provide further information and some focused fotos....

Best regards from the Black Forest, Germany, Chris

[Broncazonk]

Congratulations on the discovery!

Bronc

[Tony Kambic]

In all of the D9 or Ta152 images/drawings I have seen, the hole I assume you are referring to would be for the supercharger, and that is always part of the engine cowling panel. That said, I have an image of a similar access panel from the NASM Ta152, but I cannot reference where it is on the aircraft. I also attached some images of the left side of the NASM Ta152.

[Revi16]

Am I confused or missing something?

Is the OP showing pics of the LH side of the fuselage or the LH side of the cowling? If it is the LH fuselage panel, what is all the talk about TA-152C? The hole for the supercharger would be on the left hand cowling.

This link shows the TA-152 sides in nice detail.
http://www.ww2f.com/topic/9340-nasms-tank-h/

The right side in hi-res.
http://airandspace.si.edu/webimages/...1667-2010h.jpg