I picked up a tan one of these last year at SOS. I must have done well as a lot of people have tried to buy it. I’ve been researching them and saving photos of downed planes with these removed some vet photos with their prize. Anyways I had the itch, and knew of this one tucked away but available from a friends friend.
Anyways, it’s a late G type of more likely Bf-109K wooden stabilizer section. Late G series planes got a redesigned tail that was larger and made of wood. They are well documented. It’s a thin laminated wood, with bonded gussets or transom or what have you. It’s a nice medium grey, with the edges of some camo splotches. The camo is a dark green. Again a well documented late war pattern.
The story with this piece, is just a story. It doesn’t add any value so I believe it at face value. It’s not even a cool story from a combat perspective. The picker would found this wouldn’t give up the name of the vet for obvious reasons. Anyways I digress. Story is the guy was a forward air pilot flying in supplies to areas reached by troops but not supply chains. At the edge of an airfield he landed at were some fighters parked amongst the trees. He removed this from one of them. Apparently they were near new. Neat but just a story.
Anyways, it’s a late G type of more likely Bf-109K wooden stabilizer section. Late G series planes got a redesigned tail that was larger and made of wood. They are well documented. It’s a thin laminated wood, with bonded gussets or transom or what have you. It’s a nice medium grey, with the edges of some camo splotches. The camo is a dark green. Again a well documented late war pattern.
The story with this piece, is just a story. It doesn’t add any value so I believe it at face value. It’s not even a cool story from a combat perspective. The picker would found this wouldn’t give up the name of the vet for obvious reasons. Anyways I digress. Story is the guy was a forward air pilot flying in supplies to areas reached by troops but not supply chains. At the edge of an airfield he landed at were some fighters parked amongst the trees. He removed this from one of them. Apparently they were near new. Neat but just a story.