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I picked this up in Germany last week.

It is about 1.2m in length and is the rearmost section of fuselage from a wartime Ju88 that crashed in Russia.

It was sitting on the surface for about 60/70 years -so is in quote good condition.

The vertical stabiliser bolted onto the four sprods on the upper surface. I have the first 20cm or so of the stabiliser as well - just had to remove it to fit in the car.

All the internal structure is bristling with inspectors stamps.

I also picked up an Me 109 Belly Pan and a couple of pieces of P40 ( Russian Lend Lease).


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Kind Regards,

Brian

were you on the russian steppes?? they are pretty remote & have much artifacts!!

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

Very kool! Makes you wonder how much is still out there just waiting to be discovered.

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Ain't no sunshine when she's gone!

They were brought back into the EU several years ago and have been in storage since then.

They were found in Northern Karelia.

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Kind Regards,

Brian

This is the 109 Belly Pan.

I also have one of the tear drop covers for the hatches in the stbd side.

The only damage is a slight break on the this section at the port side.

from the tar - it has likely been stuck in a barn roof for the last half century.

It has the number 51342 stamped 10mm high in the top edge.

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Brian

Neat stuff makes me wonder how many complete or nearly complete planes are hidden in forests or lakes up there wish I was rich and could do an aerial magnetic signature scan of Russia and find those birds hidden in the trees.

Probably not much around - only in really inaccessible areas or lakes - a lot of scrapping went on in the period after the war when they were just so much scrap metal from a war most people would rather put behind them......